set one's hair on fire

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily. idiomatic
    — "It was perceived that we were opening a party house where people could drink and run amok and generally set their hair on fire," said Bill Hobson, executive director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center.

词形变化

sets one's hair on fire present,singular,third-person setting one's hair on fire participle,present set one's hair on fire participle,past set one's hair on fire past light one's hair on fire alternative run around with one's hair on fire alternative

词源

Possibly from stories of Viking marauders said to have set their hair and beards on fire when running into battle in order to appear fanatical and fearsome.
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