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Difference between Not turn a hair and Turn of a hair

not turn a hair

1. not show any sign of being troubled:

  • Catherine adapted to the wilds of Africa amazingly well—she did not turn a hair at having lions walking past the back door.

2. be not affected by exertion:

  • Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; …that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour.

turn of a haira close chance; a narrow escape from a dangerous situation:

  • It was the turn of a hair that they hadn’t buried him alive.