not turn a hair
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America did not turn a hair, any more than it did about the Union Carbide explosion that killed 15,000 Indians in Bhopal in 1984, with only trivial compensation paid.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2010
A philosophical New Dealer and onetime college president, Mr. Horsfall did not turn a hair at the appearance of armed men on the Arkansas landscape.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He did not turn a hair or bat an eye, but waited for Wally to run out of breath.
From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan
The British matron looks on, applauds, and does not turn a hair.
From Her Royal Highness Woman by Max O'Rell
She thought to cover Don Carlos with confusion, but he did not turn a hair.
From Bandit Love by Juanita Savage
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