stick a needle in my eye
English
editEtymology
editOriginally (and more commonly) used as a second line of the rhyme.
Verb
editstick a needle in my eye (third-person singular simple present sticks a needle in my eye, present participle sticking a needle in my eye, simple past and past participle stuck a needle in my eye)
- Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die
- 2010, Lynn Hones, The Cult of Light and Lies, page 79:
- “Do you promise?” Tilley said.
“Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong.