die Haare vom Kopf fressen

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German

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Etymology

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Literally, to eat the hair from someone's head.

Verb

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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 someone out of house and home [with dative]

Conjugation

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