off one's head

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"Fun?" said Mrs. Reverdy with another echoing, softly echoing, laugh; "it's the fun of being torn and stained and scratched, and having one's hat pulled off one's hair, and the hair off one's head."

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He would frighten the hair off one’s head if he could.”

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And that reminds me that I would like to remark right here that the combinations that girls and women get when they order lunches are appalling enough to raise the hair right off one's head, most particularly if one has any idea at all of the general rules of hygiene and health.

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It is enough to blow the hair off one's head.

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"At least they are not likely to cut off one's head," said Aulus.

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