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首をやる
くびをやる
1. [exp,v5r]
《usu. figurative》
▶ to be hanged
▶ to be struck dead
▶ to eat one's hat

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2012-07-21 23:03:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: もし間違っていたら首をやる. I'd bet my life that I'm right.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@
+<s_inf>usu. figurative</s_inf>
@@ -14,0 +15,2 @@
+<gloss>to be struck dead</gloss>
+<gloss>to eat one's hat</gloss>
2. A* 2012-07-08 22:47:29  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij
    首をやる
        a cold day in hell
        pigs might fly
    ~なんてことあるはずがない。/もし~なら首をやる。
    I'll eat my hat if〔【直訳】もし~なら自分の帽子を食べてやる〕
    もし彼が正しいのなら私の首をやるよ。/彼が正しいなんてあり得ない。
    If he is right, I'll eat my hat.
    もし~だったら私の首をやる
    strike me dead if
    私が負けたら首をやるよ。
    If I lose the game pigs might fly.
    自分の首をやる
    eat one's hat〔「もし○○だったら私は帽子を食べてみせる」という言い方で、「絶対に○○ではない」という自信を表す。〕
gg5
 ·もし間違っていたら首をやる. I'd bet my life that I'm right.
  Comments:
appears to be used mostly figuratively (also in ref above).  is there any evidence it's used with the literal meaning?
1. A* 2012-07-06 18:45:27  Scott
  Refs:
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch/3/2ss/063840/ (ニューセンチュリー和英辞典)
  Comments:
Could be improved.

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