Hair dictionary: "To get grey hair"

To get grey hair
 
What people think it means: Hair turning grey
 
What it really means: To get grey hair means to get very worried or upset. This idiom dates back to the 1600s, and refers to the idea that extreme anxiety and or frustration can make your hair go grey. But of course this doesn’t happen overnight!
 

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