on one's head Idiom
on one's head
When asked if he could lift the big stone，the boy said he could do it on his head．当有人问那男孩能否举得起那块大石头时，他说这不费吹灰之力。
have a price on one's head
Idiom(s): have a price on one's headTheme: CRIME
to be wanted by the authorities, who have offered a reward for one's capture. (Informal or folksy. Usually limited to western and gangster movies.)
• We captured a thief who had a price on his head, and the sheriff gave us the reward.
• The crook was so mean, he turned in his own brother, who had a price on his head.
able to standing on one's head
Idiom(s): able to do something blindfolded AND able to do something standing on one's headTheme: SKILL
able to do something easily and quickly, possibly without even looking. (Informal. Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Bill boasted that he could pass his driver's test blindfolded.
• Mary is very good with computers. She can program blindfolded.
• Dr. Jones is a great surgeon. He can take out an appendix standing on his head.
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v. phr., literary To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is ashamed. Alice heaped coals of fire on Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her. Jean Valjean stole the Bishop's silver, but the Bishop heaped coals of fire on his head by giving the silver to him.on one's head|head|on|upon one's head
adv. phr. On one's self. When the school board fired the superintendent of schools, they brought the anger of the parents upon their heads. Billy had been naughty all day, but he really brought his parents' anger down on his head by pushing his little sister into a mud puddle.Compare: ABOUT ONE'S EARS.
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n. phr. Reward offered to anyone who catches a thief or a murderer. The hotel manager learned that the quiet man taken from his room by the police was a murderer with a price on his head.price on one's head
price on one's headA reward for capturing or killing someone, usually someone guilty of a crime. For example, He was a serial killer, and they put a price on his head. The head in this term presumably alludes to the older punishment of beheading. [Mid-1700s]
standing on one's head
standing on one's headsee under do blindfolded.
on (one's) (own) head
Being one's sole albatross to bear. I won't rat you out, but if you get bent cheating it's on your own head! She's the one who cheated, so in my book, their conjugal troubles are on her head.Learn more: head, onon one's head
Also, on one's own head. As one's albatross or fault, as in If the badge bolt you dispatch it's on your own head. This idiom, dating from the 1300s, conjures up the angel of accusation or answerability falling on someone's head. Also see off one's head. Learn more: head, on
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