10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE'S HEAD OFF»
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one's head off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
one's head off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Chambers Dictionary
... or the scrum itself) won by the team not putting the ball in; bring or come to a
head to (cause to) reach a climax or crisis; eat one's head off see under eat; get it
into one's head to conceive the (fsp wrong or foolish) notion, to believe (with lhai);
...
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
legen (lassen) • Kopf: jn. einen Kopf kür- zer/(kleiner) machen to howl one's head
off Schloßhund: heu- len/(weinen) wie ein Schloßhund ♢ Steiner- barmen: zum
Steinerbarmen heulen/( weinen) • Steinerweichen: zum Steinerweichen heulen/(
...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... have a screw loose (one's head screwed on right); hide one's face (head); hide
one's head in the sand; hit the nail on the head; hold a gun to someone's head;
hold one's head high; in over one's head; keep one's head; laugh one's head off;
...
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Heinemann English Dictionary
2 very much in love. heads or tails a call made before tossing a coin to guess
which side up it will fall. heads will roll people who are responsible will have to
leave their jobs. keep one's head to remain calm. laugh one's head off to laugh
loudly ...
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Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution
A much less remarked case (Jackendoff 1997b) is a class of expressions
exemplified by sing one's head off and argue one's heart out. In these, NP's head
off and NP's heart out are fixed, and NP must be a pronoun coreferential with the
...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
one's head off talk, laugh, etc. unrestrainedly: he was drunk as a newt and
singing his head off. head over heels 1 turning over completely in forward motion,
as in a somersault. 2 (also head over heels in love) madly in love: I
immediatelyfell ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
I've been keeping my head above water, though it has been difficult. laugh,
scream, etc., one's head off laugh, scream, etc. loudly When he did not get his
way, he screamed his head off make head or tail of something understand
something ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes
... flit ^ci^i i>r<!8i i The head end of a bed— fas a. fr»iH To beat one's head off— T
beat him out :ind out o thonnighly ; T'j •<F31 i To buy or sell a pro perty over one's
head — Ti buy or sell it without consult ing the oceupants : Heads or tails — fc^ ...
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
H133 To eat one's Head off 1777 JAdams in Warren-Adams Letters 1.333: My
Horses are eating their Heads off. 1820 Welby Visit 321: Though their heads
were large they had pretty well eaten them off (as prize cattle are sometimes
known to ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
... off one's conk; off one's gourd; off one's head; off one's nana; off one's nut; off
one's onion; off one's pannikin; off one's rocker; off one's rocket; off one's trolley;
out of one's head; out of one's skull; out of one's tree; poggle; ravers; rock-happy;
...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE'S HEAD OFF»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
one's head off is used in the context of the following news items.
York Union: Dominic Grieve Review
He claimed dealing with the EU was frequently akin to banging one's head off a door; a door that's dysfunctional and riddled with internal ... «Nouse, Jun 15»
Maggie Review
... holding a giant machine gun and mowing down hordes of zombies - or tearing one's head off while quipping, “Don't get ahead of yourself!”. «IGN, May 15»
Outlander star Sam Heughan has brought clan Fraser to the …
... and Simon spent his last moments, it is said, in hysterical laughter, which literally gave rise to the expression to laugh one's head off. On the ... «Scotland Now, Apr 15»
Revolutionary step for neurosurgery: Human Head Transplant made …
Italian surgeon, Dr. Serigio Canavero gained a lot of attention in the medical community with his idea – chopping one's head off and fusing it ... «Times Gazette, Apr 15»
Sesame Street Puppets mocks Game of Thrones
And while parody might be a bit of a parasitic practice like deconstruction, it has its pleasures which make one laugh one's head off at the ... «I4U News, Apr 15»
Spike O'Sullivan interview: meet the latest Irish boxer in search of a …
Your first impression is that neither would say boo to a goose, but it soon becomes clear that they would quietly rip the feathered one's head off ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Author tries out celebrity diets in new book
Perhaps laughing one's head off will help burn calories for healthy weight loss after all! Would you try a celebrity diet? Yes. No. Depends on ... «Toronto Sun, Jan 15»
Ozzy Osbourne has new frog species named for him
No, I don't think he has bitten one's head off. Yet. It's a tree frog and it lives in the Brazilian Amazon, according to National Geographic. «San Jose Mercury News, Nov 14»
The Daisy BB gun
It became so easy shooting these fat-bodied, four-winged speedsters off fence wires that I wasn't challenged unless I could take one's head off, ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Aug 14»
Leafs' Lupul attempts elbow on Henrik Sedin, hits Nazem Kadri …
You can understand why an opponent might eventually decide enough is enough and try to take one's head off. On Saturday, Joffrey Lupul ... «Yahoo Sports, Nov 13»
