not turn a hair
Example Sentences
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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
I watched him sharply, but he did not turn a hair nor move a muscle.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
You learn to appreciate a fellow for what he is really worth—not because his dad can write a check in any number of figures, and not turn a hair.
From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Stokes, Roy Eliot
He did not know how to bear being kept waiting in this way; but he did not turn a hair, possibly because there were not many to turn.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
