chopping block

English

Noun

chopping block (plural chopping blocks)

1. A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc.
2. (historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.
3. (by extension) A dangerous or precarious situation.

   Jim really put his head on the chopping block when he started flirting with the boss's daughter.

Translations

a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food

• Bashkir: бүкән (bükən)
• Danish: huggeblok c
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐπίξηνον n (epíxēnon)

• Irish: ceap búistéara m
• Plautdietsch: Heiwklotz m
• Russian: разде́лочная доска́ f (razdéločnaja doská)
• Thai: เขียง (th) (kǐiang)

a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐπίξηνον n (epíxēnon)

• Russian: пла́ха (ru) f (pláxa)

See also

• chopping board