blush to the roots of one's hair
Meaning: To go very red with embarrassment.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “When they sang to her in the restaurant, she blushed to the roots of her hair.”
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: A blush so deep it seems to reach the scalp. The phrase is common from the 19th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Japanese: 顔から火が出る (kao kara hi ga deru) — literally: Fire comes out of the face
More idioms — Body & Senses
- not see beyond the end of one's nose — To have a narrow outlook and ignore anything beyond one's immediate concerns.
- many hands make light work — A job is easier when many people share it.
- right under one's nose — Very close, yet unnoticed.
- bend over backwards — To make a great effort to help or please someone.
- beauty is in the eye of the beholder — What one person finds beautiful another may not.
- play into someone's hands — To act in a way that unintentionally helps an opponent.
More English idioms
- love is blind — People in love do not see the faults of the one they love.
- word gets around — News and rumors spread quickly from person to person.
- shut the stable door after the horse has bolted — To take precautions only after the harm is done.
- kick the cat — To take out one's anger on someone weaker or innocent.
- Rome wasn't built in a day — Important things take time.
- better late than never — It is better to do something late than not at all.
From our compliments & insults
- Courir sur le haricot — To get badly on someone's nerves.
- Tienes menos luces que un barco pirata — You're really not the brightest.
- Eres más lento que el caballo del malo — You're painfully slow — the villain's horse never catches the hero.