get a price on (one's) head



get a price on (one's) head

To have an amount of money be offered as a reward for one's capture. I'm sorry, but we can't travel with your brother any longer. He's got a price on his head, and it's too dangerous for the rest of us! I'll never be able to live peacefully in this town as long as I've got a price on my head.
See also: get, head, on, price

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZoieZO-eeEnglish (Modern)
Kirstine-Danish
Cinderellasin-də-RE-lə (English)Literature
Cosmina-Romanian
PetraPET-rah (Finnish), PET-rə (English)German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
ElbertEL-bərtDutch