- put on a hair shirt
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to behave in a way that shows you feel very sorry and guilty about something you have done wrongThesaurus: to say or show that you are sorrysynonymMain entry: hair shirt
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
put on a hair shirt
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hair shirt — hair shirts 1) N COUNT A hair shirt is a shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth which some religious people used to wear to punish themselves. He was sent barefoot wearing only a hair shirt into the wilderness as a penance. 2) N COUNT If you say … English dictionary
hair shirt — noun an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance • Hypernyms: ↑shirt * * * noun 1. : a shirt made of coarse rough animal hair worn next to the skin as a penance led him … to give himself to fasting, a… … Useful english dictionary
hair shirt — noun count a shirt made of very rough cloth that some religious people wore in the past to punish themselves for things they had done wrong put on/wear a hair shirt to do something in order to show that you feel very sorry and guilty about… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hair shirt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hair shirt : singular hair shirt plural hair shirts a shirt made of very rough cloth that some religious people wore in the past to punish themselves for things that they had done wrong • put on/wear a hair… … English dictionary
(a) hair shirt — if someone wears a hair shirt, they choose to make their life unpleasant by not having or experiencing anything that gives them pleasure. I don t think you have to put on a hair shirt in order to be a socialist … New idioms dictionary
wear a hair shirt — put on/wear/a hair shirt phrase to behave in a way that shows you feel very sorry and guilty about something you have done wrong Thesaurus: to say or show that you are sorrysynonym Main entry: hair shirt … Useful english dictionary
Shirt of Nessus — Lichas bringing the garment of Nessus to Hercules, woodcut by Hans Sebald Beham, circa 1542 1548. The Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus robe, or Nessus shirt in Greek mythology was the poisoned shirt that killed Heracles. It was once a… … Wikipedia
Hair (musical) — Infobox Musical name = Hair subtitle = The American Tribal Love Rock Musical caption = Original Broadway poster music = Galt MacDermot lyrics = James Rado Gerome Ragni book = James Rado Gerome Ragni basis = productions = 1967 Off Broadway 1968… … Wikipedia
shirt — n. 1) to put on; take off a shirt 2) a body; dress; hair; polo; sport; wash and wear shirt 3) (misc.) to lose one s shirt ( to lose everything ) * * * [ʃɜːt] dress hair polo sport take off a shirt … Combinatory dictionary
clothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Wearing apparel Nouns 1. clothing, clothes, apparel, wear, dress, attire, array, raiment, garments, garb, costume, outfit, habiliment, habit, rig, ensemble, caparison, drapery, toilette, fig, wardrobe,… … English dictionary for students
