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| vow and declare (Why, I vow and declare! there's your husband, my dear – Моя дорогая, даю голову на отсечение, что это ваш муж Taras); lay one's shirt on | |||
| throw oneself under a bus | |||
| swear blind (igisheva) | |||
| bet one's life (Taras); swear black and blue (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| give one's head for something; stake one's head on something; lay one's shirt on | |||
| stake one's head on; stake one's head (life; imp.; not used with neg.; usu. 1st pers. sing. in obj. clause); stake one's head (imp.; not used with neg.; usu. 1st pers. sing. in obj. clause; life) | |||
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| eat one's head; I will eat my head; I'll eat my head | |||
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| stake life (on) | |||
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| I'll bet my boots (Bobrovska) | |||
| давать голову на отсечение: 9 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 3 |
| Informal | 4 |
| Makarov | 2 |