Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631
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Meaning · English
Worrying excessively leads to premature aging
Literally: grey hairs caused by fretting cares
Examples
After a year of financial struggles, fretting cares made grey hairs on his head.
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Sources & notes
Listed on English Wikiquote “English proverbs” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631” mean?
Worrying excessively leads to premature aging Literally: grey hairs caused by fretting cares
Is “Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631” formal or informal?
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