be tearing/pulling your hair outto be very worried or angry about something, especially because you do not know what to do 〔尤因不知怎么办而〕极其担忧[愤怒]；〔因焦急、愤怒而〕撕扯自己的头发 Anyone else would have been tearing their hair out trying to follow these instructions. 换了谁来解决这个问题都会急得焦头烂额的。
be tearing/pulling your hair out• Anyone else would be tearing his hair out, confronted by a pack of jabbering foreigners, but does Feargal?• I was pulling my hair out.
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