даю голову на отсечение

I shall bet my life; I will eat my boots; I will eat my hat; I will eat my head; my life for it; I'll bet my life; all Lombard street to a China orange (Anglophile); I'll bet you any money (Anglophile); I bet my boots (Anglophile); I'll eat my hat (Anglophile); I'll bet my bottom dollar (Anglophile); I'll bet a cookie (Anglophile); I'll bet my hat (Anglophile); by this hat!; I bet; I'll eat my boots; I'll eat my head; my hat to a halfpenny!; my word upon it!

amer.

I'll bet my last dollar (Bobrovska)

inf.

I'll bet a cookey (Bobrovska); I'll bet my boots (Bobrovska)

Makarov.

I'll eat my head off; I'll give my head for it

давать голову на отсечение

gen.

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

Игорь Миг

throw oneself under a bus

emph.

swear blind (igisheva)

idiom.

bet one's life (Taras); swear black and blue (Andrey Truhachev)

Makarov.

give one's head for something; stake one's head on something; lay one's shirt on

proverb

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)

давать даю голову на отсечение

gen.

eat one's head; I will eat my head; I'll eat my head

давать голову руку на отсечение

inf.

stake life (on)

даю голову на отсечение: 15 phrases in 4 subjects

General	8
Idiomatic	1
Informal	4
Makarov	2

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