heads or tails

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up. idiomatic

词源

Attested since at least 1833, on the second page of Galignani's Messenger: "amusing themselves by pitching quoits, spoiling halfpence at heads or tails with the gingerbread merchants, drinking beer, smoking, etc".
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