head (redirected from be on head)

*(big) head

a hangover. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Oh, man, that booze gave me a big head! Tom has a head this morning and won't be coming into work.

(a) head and per head

[for] a person; [for] an individual. How much do you charge per head for dinner? It costs four dollars a head.

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a big-head a cool head a head of steam a head start a price on head a roof over head a sword of Damocles hangs over head able to do blindfolded an old head on young shoulders be banging head against a brick wall be hanging over be head over heels be in over head be like a bear with a sore head be out of head be right in the head beat head against the wall Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion bite head off bother head about bring to a head build up a head of steam bury head in the sand can't make head nor tail of can't make heads or tails of come to a head come up heads comes into head cooler heads prevail cough head off could standing on head count heads crazy in the head do head in Don't worry your head about it drum into eyes are out on stalks eyes pop out of head face head-on fall head over heels fall head over heels in love fill head with fling head back from head to toe get head above water and have head above water get head around get head down get head together get it into head get out of mind get through thick skull get up a head of steam Get your head out of the clouds! give a heads up give head go head to head go over head go south go to head hang head

harder than the back of God's head harm a hair on head have a good head on shoulders have a head for have a head start have eyes in the back of head have hanging over head have head in the clouds have head screwed on have head screwed on right have head up arse have rocks in head He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head head head and shoulders above head and shoulders above [the others rest etc.] head at head away from head back head for head for tall timber head for the hills head for the last roundup head in head into head off head off at the pass head off to head on head on a plate head out head out after head over heels head over heels in debt head over heels in love head to toe head toward head up heads or tails heads up Heads up! heads will roll hide head in the sand hit the nail on the head hold a gun to head hold head high hold head up hold head up high I've seen better heads on nickel beers in over head keep a civil tongue in head keep head keep head above water keep head down Keep your head down knock head against a brick wall knock on the head knock some heads together laugh head off laugh your head off

let heart rule head like a headless chicken lose head make head swim make heads or tails of need head examined need like a hole in the head not able to make head or tail of not trouble head about off the top of head on head on head be it out of mind over head pissed out of head pound head in put head above the parapet put head on the block put heads together put ideas into head put in head put people's heads together raise its head rear its head rear its ugly head run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles run head against a brick wall scratch head shake head snap head off soft in the head stand head and shoulders above stand on head stand on its head still tongue makes a wise head stuff head with swelled head take head off take into head take it into head take it into head to talk head off talk out of the back of head talk over head the head honcho tower head and shoulders above trouble head about turn head turn heads turn on its head Two heads are better than one Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown use head use your head for more than a hatrack wet the baby's head where head is at yack head off yell head off