die Haare vom Kopf fressen

German

Etymology

Literally, "to eat the hair from somebody's head".

Verb

die Haare vom Kopf fressen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present frisst die Haare vom Kopf, past tense fraß die Haare vom Kopf, past participle die Haare vom Kopf gefressen, past subjunctive fräße die Haare vom Kopf, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) to eat somebody out of house and home [+dative]

Conjugation

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