give someone grey hair
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The phrase is influenced by the popular belief that stress can cause the greying of hair (that link wasn't shown to be grounded scientifically until a January 2020 study on stress in mice for the Nature journal[1]).
Verb
[edit]give someone grey hair (third-person singular simple present gives someone grey hair, present participle giving someone grey hair, simple past gave someone grey hair, past participle given someone grey hair)
- (idiomatic) To give someone great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness.