eat one's hat

English

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Verb

eat one's hat (third-person singular simple present eats one's hat, present participle eating one's hat, simple past ate one's hat, past participle eaten one's hat)

1. (idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.

   He said he would eat his hat if more than ten people came. He'd better fetch a knife and fork!

Translations

to express disbelief about a proposition

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 批個頭落嚟畀你當凳坐／批个头落嚟畀你当凳坐

  Mandarin: 字倒過來寫／字倒过来写 (zì dào guòlái xiě)

• Dutch: zijn hoed opeten
• Finnish: syödä hattunsa
• French: manger son chapeau (fr)
• German: ich freß einen Besen, wenn, ich will Emil heißen, wenn
• Italian: mangiarsi il cappello
• Japanese: 首をやる (kubi o yaru)
• Persian: من كلاهم را ميخورم
• Portuguese: comer o chapéu, querer ser mico de circo, dar a mão à palmatória
• Russian: дава́ть голову́ на отсече́ние (davátʹ golovú na otsečénije)
• Spanish: que me maten si

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