have (someone's) blood on (one's) head



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have (someone's) blood on (one's) head

To be the cause of (someone's) death; to bear the guilt or responsibility of (someone's) death or injury. You may have walked away from your drunk driving accident unscathed, but you have that poor boy's blood on your head. The police now have blood on their heads since their crackdown on protesters turned violent.
See also: blood, have, head, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marjani-Eastern African, Swahili
Luka-Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic
Bleda-History
Betharibe-TAH-reeIndonesian, Javanese
ShelleySHEL-eeEnglish
Calvert['kælvət]