curl someone's hair

Verb

 * 1)  To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
 * 2) * 1947, Harry Sylvester, Moon Gaffney (1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593, p. 116:
 * "I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair."
 * 1) * 1947, Harry Sylvester, Moon Gaffney (1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593, p. 116:
 * "I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair."