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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olivette	ahl-i-VET (English)	Literature
MÄRta	-	Swedish
Yachin	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Oral	-	English (Rare)
Aldred	['ɔ:lrid]
Godeliva	-	Ancient Germanic