Messing with one's head messing with someone's head In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "messing with one's head messing with someone's head", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Caroline Tran, Jenne Phuong calendar 2021-09-22 09:09

Meaning of Messing with one's head messing with someone's head

Synonyms:

rattle (one's) cage , throw (one) into a tizz(y)

Messing with one's head messing with someone's head American phrase informal

To cause someone to feel confused, worried, or upset

The government has just introduced a policy that is messing with residents' head.

What he said messed with my head.

Other phrases about:

be all at sea

be confused about what to do

like a cat on hot bricks

To be very anxious

like a rabbit (caught) in (the) headlights

Being so scared, confused, and astonished that you can't think or do anything.

In a quandary

Unsure or confused.

be looking over your shoulder

To feel that unpleasant or dangerous things likely happen to you

 

Grammar and Usage of Messing with one's head messing with someone's head

Verb Forms

  • to mess with one's head
  • mess with one's head
  • messes with one's head
  • messed with one's head
  • messing with one's head

The verb "mess" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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