snap someone's head off
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snap someone's head off
- (idiomatic) To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
- 1915, Kathleen Norris, The Story of Julia Page, ch. 5,
- "Pa's awfully cranky," Mrs. Cox said resignedly. "He's always been that way! You cook him corn beef hash—that's the night he wanted pork chops; never give someone corn beef hash when he wants pork chops sometimes he'll snap your head off if you speak."
- 1918, Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story Of Waitstill Baxter, ch. 8,
- He won't have a pleasant morning, I can tell you! I shall snap his head off every time he speaks to me.
- 1915, Kathleen Norris, The Story of Julia Page, ch. 5,
Synonyms
- bite someone's head off