hang one's head

  • 11hang over one's head — phrasal : to be an imminent threat or danger to one a charge of treason hung over his head for some time depression and insecurity hanging over the head of the entire nation …

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  • 12hang over one's head — {v. phr.} To be a danger or threat to you. An overused phrase. * /Over Jimmy s head hung the teacher s suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination./ * /Death hangs over a bullfighter s head every time he performs./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13hang over one's head — {v. phr.} To be a danger or threat to you. An overused phrase. * /Over Jimmy s head hung the teacher s suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination./ * /Death hangs over a bullfighter s head every time he performs./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14hang\ over\ one's\ head — v. phr. To be a danger or threat to you. An overused phrase. Over Jimmy s head hung the teacher s suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination. Death hangs over a bullfighter s head every time he performs …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 15head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 16head — I n. upper part of the body 1) to nod; shake one s head 2) to bare; bow; drop, hang, lower; lift, raise; move; poke, stick; scratch; toss; turn one s head (to scratch one s head in amazement; to poke one s head around the comer) 3) to hold one s… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17hang — [c]/hæŋ / (say hang) verb (hung or, especially for capital punishment and suicide, hanged, hanging) –verb (t) 1. to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above; suspend. 2. to suspend so as to allow free movement as on a… …

  • 18hang — hangable, adj. hangability, n. /hang/, v., hung or (esp. for 4, 5, 20, 24) hanged; hanging; n. v.t. 1. to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 2. to attach or suspend so as to …

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  • 19head — See: ACID HEAD, BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, BIG HEAD, COUNT HEADS, EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET THROUGH ONE S HEAD, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, GO TO ONE S HEAD, HANG ONE S HEAD, HAVE ONE S… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20head — See: ACID HEAD, BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, BIG HEAD, COUNT HEADS, EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET THROUGH ONE S HEAD, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, GO TO ONE S HEAD, HANG ONE S HEAD, HAVE ONE S… …

    Dictionary of American idioms