hang one's head

hang one's head {v. phr.}

To bend your head forward in shame.

Johnny hung his head when the teacher asked him if he broke the window.

Compare: HIDE ONE'S HEAD.

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head

[head] See: [ACID HEAD], [BEAT INTO ONE'S HEAD], [BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL], [BIG HEAD], [COUNT HEADS], [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], [FROM HEAD TO FOOT], [GET […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hang over one's head

[hang over one's head] {v. phr.} To be a danger or threat to you. - An overused phrase. * /Over Jimmy's head hung the teacher's suspicion that Jimmy had cheated […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

over one's head

[over one's head] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Not understandable; beyond your ability to understand; too hard or strange for you to understand. * /Mary laughed just to be polite, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

head-on

[head-on] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. With the head or front pointing at; with the front facing; front end to front end. * /Our car skidded into a head-on crash […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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