make someone's head spin

make someone's head spin
make someone's head swim & make someone's head spin
1. Fig. to make someone dizzy or disoriented. •

Riding the merry-go-round makes my head spin.

Breathing the gas made my head swim.

2. Fig. to confuse or overwhelm someone. •

All these numbers make my head swim.

The physics lecture made my head spin.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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