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on one's head

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Also, on one's own head. As one's responsibility or fault, as in If the police catch you speeding it's on your own head. This idiom, dating from the 1300s, conjures up the image of blame or guilt falling on someone's head. Also see off one's head.

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Words nearby on one's head

on oneself, on one's feet, on one's good behavior, on one's guard, on one's hands, on one's head, on one's heels, on one's high horse, on one's home ground, on one's honor, on one's last legs
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Words related to on one's head

responsible, wrong, liable, culpable, sorry, remorseful, convicted, blameworthy, erring, guilty, in the wrong, to blame, caught, censurable, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, criminal, damned