price on someone's head

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A compensation for capturing or killing someone, especially a criminal. idiomatic
    — The police put a price on his head after he killed four innocent women.

词源

From the earlier punishment of beheading criminals. The usage of this idiom began in the mid-1700s.
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