Slang definitions & phrases for get someone where the hair is short
get someone where the hair is short
verb phrase
To have complete control over a person; have a painful advantage: We've got them where the hair is short, and they can't squirm out( first form 1872+, second 1888+)
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers. Cite This Source
