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a good head

"friendly, generous person; a good egg" Sean is a good head. He'll help at the food bank.

a head start

a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.

a hothead

"a person who gets angry easily; hot tempered" Phil, don't be such a hothead. Try to control your anger.

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.

ahead of time

early We started the meeting ahead of time so we could go home early.

airhead

(See an airhead)

an airhead

a person who talks without thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are baby chickens.

an egghead

a very intelligent person.

at loggerheads

not agreeing, opposed to each other They're at loggerheads over who owns the farm. They don't agree.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

heap dress-down of blaze on (one's) head

To accomplish a appropriate accomplishment to abet animosity of answerability or anguish in addition person. Why are you citation all these examples of times I wronged you? Why are you heaping dress-down of blaze on my head?Learn more: coal, fire, head, heap, of, on

heap dress-down of blaze on someone's head

go out of your way to account addition to feel remorse. British This byword is of biblical origin: ‘if thine adversary hunger, augment him; if he thirst, accord him drink: for in so accomplishing thou shalt abundance dress-down of blaze on his head’ (Romans 12:20).Learn more: coal, fire, head, heap, of, on

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