make one's hair curl

== English == === Alternative forms === make someone's hair curl === Pronunciation === === Verb === curl someone's hair (third-person singular simple present curls someone's hair, present participle curling someone's hair, simple past and past participle curled someone's hair) (idiomatic) To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly. 1947, Harry Sylvester, Moon Gaffney (1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593, p. 116: "I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair." Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl,‎ someone's,‎ hair. ==== Related terms ==== hair-curling