hide\ or\ hair

hide\ or\ hair
• hide or hair
• hide nor hair
• either hide or hair
n. phr. informal
A sign or trace of someone that is gone or lost; any sign at all of something missing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentence.

Tommy left the house this morning and I haven't seen hide or hair of him since.

A button fell off my coat and I could find neither hide nor hair of it.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • hide\ nor\ hair — • hide or hair • hide nor hair • either hide or hair n. phr. informal A sign or trace of someone that is gone or lost; any sign at all of something missing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentence. Tommy left the house this morning and …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hide nor hair — When there s no trace of something or a person, you haven t seen hide nor hair of it or them.( Neither hide nor hair is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hide or hair — phrasal or hide nor hair : a vestige or trace of a missing person or object a wife he hadn t seenhide or hair of in over 20 years H.L.Davis turned the closet inside out but couldn t find hide or hair of the beach umbrella no one has seen hide nor …   Useful english dictionary

  • hide or hair — or[hide nor hair] {n. phr.}, {informal} A sign or trace of someone that is gone or lost; any sign at all of something missing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentence. * /Tommy left the house this morning and I haven t seen hide or… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hide or hair — or[hide nor hair] {n. phr.}, {informal} A sign or trace of someone that is gone or lost; any sign at all of something missing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentence. * /Tommy left the house this morning and I haven t seen hide or… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hide or hair — or hide nor hair phrasal a vestige or trace of someone or something < a wife he hadn t seen hide or hair of in over 20 years H. L. Davis > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hide nor hair — phrasal see hide or hair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hide nor hair — See haven t seen hide nor hair …   English idioms

  • hide nor hair — phrasal see hide or hair …   Useful english dictionary

  • hide or hair, hide nor hair — see ↑hide, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑hair …   Useful english dictionary

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