The phrase "on the hairy edge" originates from aviation, particularly in reference to flying at the limits of an aircraft's performance or safety margins. It signifies a precarious situation where one is close to losing control or encountering danger. Over time, the expression has been adopted in various contexts to describe being on the verge of crisis or operating at high risk.
Back in caveman times edges were quite hairy.
North America is the home of the hairy woodpecker.
Piedi pelosi is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "hairy feet."Specifically, the masculine noun piedi means "feet." The masculine adjective pelosi means "hairy." The pronunciation is "PYEH-dee peh-LOH-zee."
The Bible
stop
from joey in friends
latin
hairy fairy
"A dark place to find hairy elephants" is a phrase used in the movie, "A Night at the Museum". A dark place to find hairy elephants is probably the room where the mastodon skeleton is found.
1820-30
from girls ...to hissy...
in concord and lexington.