not turn a hair
Definition
› to not show any emotion when you are told something bad or when something bad happens: I was expecting him to be horrified when he heard the cost but he didn't turn a hair.Not showing or feeling emotionsControlling emotions
(Definition of not turn a hair from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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not to say idiom
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not to worry idiom
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not waste words idiom
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not worth the paper sth is printed/written on idiom
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not-for-profit adjective
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not/never in your wildest dreams idiom
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not/never want for anything idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- anodyne adjective
- belie verb
- bite your lip idiom
- cold-eyed adjective
- coldly adverb
- detachment noun (NO EMOTION)
- expressionless adjective
- glaze verb (BORED)
- hard-bitten adjective
- icy adjective (UNFRIENDLY)
- impassive adjective
- impenitent adjective
- internalize verb
- po-faced adjective
- poker-faced adjective
- reserved adjective (PERSON)
- sphinx-like adjective
- stiff upper lip noun
- stoic adjective
- stoic noun
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