eat one's hat

English

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Verb

eat one's hat

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

   If England signs into the European single currency before 2020, I'll eat my hat.

   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:

  Mandarin: 字倒過來寫／字倒过来写, 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
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• 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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