hang (someone) in effigy
hang (someone) in effigy
To protest someone by displaying a representation of them, such as an image or dummy, being hanged. (An "effigy" is such a representation.) In protest of the war, a large group has set about hanging the president in effigy outside the White House.
See also: effigy, hang
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hang someone in effigy
Fig. to hang a dummy or some other figure of a hated person. They hanged the dictator in effigy. The angry mob hanged the president in effigy.
See also: effigy, hang
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hang in effigy
- under protest
- effigy
- burn (one) in effigy
- burn in effigy
- in effigy
- drag (someone) kicking and screaming
- drag someone kicking and screaming
- can too
- (I) can too