tear/ pull one's hair out

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The latest development is a drug called clomipramine which has the endearing quality of reducing the desire to pull your hair out when under stress.

A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation, not just because they are doing so badly - but because they deserve to.

Look at him, lord of all he surveys, calm, controlled, in total command of himself. Anyone else would be tearing his hair out, confronted by a pack of jabbering foreigners, but does Feargal?

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