let one's hair down
let down one's hair
Act freely and naturally; be informal; relax.
Действовать свободно и естественно, расслабиться.
Kings and queens can seldom let their hair down.
After the dance, the college girls let their hair down and compared dates.
Come on! We’re not at work now. You can let your hair down!
Да ладно! Ты же не на работе. Расслабься!
longhair
A male hippie.
Who's that longhair? - It's Joe.
An intellectual who prefers classical music to jazz or acid rock.
Catwallender is a regular longhair; he never listens to modern jazz.
Pertaining to classical art forms, primarily in dancing and music.
Cut out that longhair Mozart Symphony and put on a decent pop record!
musical chairs
The transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs, especially each other's jobs. Originally the name of a children's game.
The boss regularly played musical chairs with department heads to keep them fresh on the job.
not to turn a hair
Глазом не моргнуть.
He didn’t even turn a hair.
Он даже глазом не моргнул.
out of one's hair
Rid of as a nuisance; relieved of as an annoyance.
Harry got the boys out of his hair so he could study.
split hairs
To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important.
Вдаваться в незначительные подробности; придавать мелочам слишком большое значение.
John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant.
Don't split hairs about whose turn it is to wash the dishes and make the beds; let's work together and finish sooner.
She splits hairs about his life.
Она вдается в подробности его личной жизни.
tear one's hair
To show sorrow, anger, or defeat.
Ben tore his hair when he saw the wrecked car.
The teacher tore his hair at the boy's stupid answer.
It was time to go to class, but Mary had not finished the report she had to give, and she began tearing her hair.
within a hair of
На волосок от...
He was within a hair of the death.
Он был на волосок от смерти.