take the spear in one’s chest



take the spear (in one’s chest)

tv. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. The admiral got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest.
See also: chest, spear, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SlavomÍR-Czech, Slovak
Tzion-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
NÁNdor-Hungarian
Aghavni-Armenian
AgnesAG-nəs (English), AHK-nes (German), AHKH-nəs (Dutch), AHNG-nes (Swedish)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Yuliana-Russian, Bulgarian, Indonesian