hand someone their head

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

hands someone their head 三单 handing someone their head 现在分词 handed someone their head 过去式 handed someone their head 过去分词

别名

hand someone their head on a plate hand someone their head on a platter

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To kill, especially by beheading.

  2. 2.

    To destroy; to defeat utterly.

    习语 引申义

词源

Possibly an allusion to the story of Salome demanding the head of John the Baptist in a charger.

来源：wiktionary