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批pai1個go3頭tau2落lok6嚟lai4畀bei2你nei5當dong3櫈dang3坐co5

pai1 go3 tau2 lok6 lai4 bei2 nei5 dong3 dang3 co5pai1 go3 tau4 lok6 lai4 bei2 nei5 dong3 dang3 co5pī gè tóu luò lí bì nǐ dāng dèng zuòinferred

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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