heads or tails

短语

掷硬币

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.

    掷硬币

    掷毫

    习语

词源

Attested since at least 1833, on the second page of Galignani's Messenger: "amusing themselves by pitching quoits, spoiling halfpence at heads or tails with the gingerbread merchants, drinking beer, smoking, etc".

来源：wiktionary