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snap_someone's_head_off
snap someone's head off
English
Verb
snap
someone
's
head
off
(
idiomatic
)
To
suddenly
and
sharply
rebuke
or
insult
a person, especially in response to a
harmless
remark.
1915
,
Kathleen Norris
,
The Story of Julia Page
, ch. 5,
"Pa's awfully cranky," Mrs. Cox said resignedly. "He's always been that way! You cook him corn beef—that's the night he wanted pork chops; sometimes he'll
snap your head off
if you speak."
1918
,
Kate Douglas Wiggin
,
The Story Of Waitstill Baxter
, ch. 8,
He won't have a pleasant morning, I can tell you! I shall
snap his head off
every time he speaks to me.
Synonyms
bite someone's head off
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