English expressions: let your hair down. We often associate someone with their hair tied back to be uptight (tenso/nerviosa) and someone who LET’S THEIR HAIR DOWN to be fun and flexible. Which one are you?
LET YOUR HAIR DOWN
- to allow yourself to behave freely and have fun
- The thing I enjoy most about Carnival is that you can really just let your hair down for the weekend and have fun.
- She’s really looking forward to letting her hair down at the wedding.
- often used when you want to tell someone to stop being so serious.
- Carol, let your hair down and enjoy the evening.
- Can we please just let our hair down today?
- To criticize someone who is too serious.
- He can never just let his hair down for one night.
- Why can’t the bosses let their hair down for the Christmas party?
English Expressions
Now that you have learned English expressions: let your hair down, take a look at our other Expression Session posts:
Expression Session: back to back
Expression Session: shed light on something
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