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hair today, gone tomorrow

hair today, gone tomorrow proverb: hair is only temporary, so it is not a big deal for it to be cut.

Proverb

hair today, gone tomorrow

  1. Hair is only temporary, so it is not a big deal for it to be cut.
    • JOHN DONNELLY—brilliant advertiser for Noonan's Hair Restorer, says it makes you look "Neet" and causes your hair to "come out" fine. But he forgets the old saying, "Hair today, gone tomorrow."1934, Louis F. Musco, “Prophecies of the Class of '34”, in The 1934 Sub Turri, Chestnut Hill, M.A.: Boston College, page 518
    • Snip, snip, snip, I went, and watched it tumble to the floor. Snip, snip, snip. Cut, cut, cut. Bye, bye. Slán leat. And as they say in France, au revoir. Hair today, gone tomorrow. That's the way things were these days.2017, Alan McMonagle, Ithaca, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 283

Origin of hair today, gone tomorrow

A pun on here today, gone tomorrow.

Questions about hair today, gone tomorrow

What does hair today, gone tomorrow mean?
Hair today, gone tomorrow means hair is only temporary, so it is not a big deal for it to be cut.
What part of speech is hair today, gone tomorrow?
Hair today, gone tomorrow is a proverb.

Words near hair today, gone tomorrow in the dictionary

  1. hair stylists
  2. hair system
  3. hair systems
  4. hair tie
  5. hair ties
  6. hair today, gone tomorrow
  7. hair tonic
  8. hair tonics
  9. hair topper
  10. hair toppers
  11. hair trigger

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