| 单词 | heads will roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheads will roll P11. heads will roll and variants: people will be dismissed, forced to resign, or otherwise stripped of power.In allusion to a literal threat of executions made by Adolf Hitler (see quot. 1930). Like the latter, similar earlier expressions usually include a modifier of heads and a prepositional phrase indicating location. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [phrase] > liability of incurring penalty under (also on, in, upon) (the) penalty of ——1560 heads will roll1946 society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [phrase] > some will be removed heads will roll1946 1930 Daily Herald 26 Sept. 1/1 Giving evidence, Hitler declared..‘If our movement is victorious there will be a revolutionary tribunal which will punish the crimes of November 1918. Then decapitated heads will roll in the sand.’] 1946 Billboard 9 Nov. 41/4 Before it's all over more heads will roll. 1961 Time 1 Dec. 77/3 A.M.C. made it clear, too, that more heads would roll if the workers still failed to get the message. 1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 7/2 President Nixon decreed ‘heads will roll’ if ‘petty bureaucrats’ hinder Jaffe's war on narcotics. 2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) xi. 195 But there's going to be the most almighty kerfuffle when it all comes out. Fur will fly. Heads may roll. < as lemmas |
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