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let one's hair down

Arabic translation: أطلق لنفسه العنان


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English term or phrase:let one\'s hair down
Arabic translation:أطلق لنفسه العنان
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15:25 May 10, 2010
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English term or phrase: let one's hair down
let one's hair down
einass
Local time: 00:40
أطلق لنفسه العنان
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4 +1أطلق لنفسه العنان
Myrtrad1
5يسترخي / يدعه من القلق والتوتر
Noha Kamal, PhD.
4 +1تتحرر من التقاليد والقيود
Nadia Ayoub
5تسدل شعرها
Liliane Hatem


  

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تسدل شعرها


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Liliane Hatem
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
تتحرر من التقاليد والقيود


Explanation:
let (one's) hair down
To drop one's reserve or inhibitions.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/let (one's)+hair+down

Meaning

Behave in a free or uninhibited manner.

Origin

Letting one's hair down was a commonplace part of women's daily activities in the 17th century. The hair was normally pinned up and was let down for brushing or washing. The term used for this at the time was dishevelling. Anyone who is unkempt and generally untidy might now be described as dishevelled but then it applied specifically to hair which was unpinned. The first reference I can find which refers specifically to this is John Cotgrave's, The English treasury of wit and language, 1655:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/228000.html

Nadia Ayoub
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agree  Amira A Wahab
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يسترخي / يدعه من القلق والتوتر


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Noha Kamal, PhD.
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أطلق لنفسه العنان


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Myrtrad1
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agree  Ramadan Bekheet
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May 10, 2010 - Changes made by Mohamed Kamel:
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