turn a hair, not

Not become afraid or upset, remain calm, as in She didn't turn a hair during the bank robbery. This term, also put as without turning a hair, comes from horse racing. After a race, a horse often has roughened, outward-turned hair. Its figurative use, nearly always in the negative, dates from the late 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jovian	-	Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Elena	E-le-nah (Italian), e-LE-nah (Spanish), ye-LYE-nah (Russian), ee-LYE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, German, Medieval Sla
Flannery	FLAN-ə-ree	English (Rare)
Henye	-	Yiddish
Atkins	['ætkinz]
Ulisses	-	Portuguese