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
Mateus-Portuguese
TÜNdÉR-Hungarian
Mikha'el-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Marinella-Italian
Torgils-Norwegian
RiittaREE:T-tahFinnish