on one's head



on one's head

Also, on one's own head. As one's responsibility or fault, as in If the police catch you speeding it's on your own head. This idiom, dating from the 1300s, conjures up the image of blame or guilt falling on someone's head. Also see off one's head.
See also: head, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pack[pæk]
Nwanneka-Western African, Igbo
LauLOWDutch, Limburgish
RÓBert-Hungarian, Icelandic
Ruprecht-German (Archaic)
Yared-Biblical Hebrew, Eastern African, Ethiopian