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单词 to return upon a person's head
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to return (something) upon a person's head
b. transitive. To send or turn back to affect the sender adversely, to visit (something) upon (also on) a person. Frequently in to return (something) upon a person's head. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).
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a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi Which fate the Gods first on him self return.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings ii. 32 The Lord shall returne his blood vpon his owne head. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings ii. 44 The Lord shall returne thy wickednesse vpon thine owne head. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxiv. 67 If mercy be a Precept of thy will, Return that mercy on thy Servant's head.
a1781 G. Innes Fourteen Disc. Pract. Subj. (1783) ii. 32 Some notable judgement has suddenly overtaken them..and God has blasted all their designs, and returned their wickedness upon their own head.
1870 Monthly Packet May 426 All true and loyal hearts..would long that those intercessions might yet be returned upon their heads.
1909 W. M. McKeever Psychologic Method in Teaching iii. xx. 289 The manner in which the pupil's evil act is to be returned upon his own head is to be decided in accordance with the merits of each particular case.
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