粵

批pai1個go3頭tau2畀bei2你nei5當dong3櫈dang3坐co5

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English

  1. you have my word; cut one's head off and let another person sit on it as a chair; an exaggerated expression used in bets to show how confident one is

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 攞嚟同人打賭;用嚟表達對自己嘅估計或諾言非常有信心,因為咁有信心所以用咩方法輸賭都得

Examples

  • 如果佢準時出現,我就批個頭落嚟俾你當凳坐。

    I'll eat my hat (literally 'I'll cut my head off and let you sit on it as a chair') if he shows up on time.

  • 我月尾一定還到錢㗎喇,唔係到時批個頭畀你當凳坐。

    I will return the money at the end of the month for sure. You have my word.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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