set one's hair on fire

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

sets one's hair on fire 三单 sets one's hair on fire setting one's hair on fire setting one's hair on fire 现在分词

别名

light one's hair on fire run around with one's hair on fire

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily.

    习语

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.

来源:wiktionary