have (someone's) blood on (one's) head
have (someone's) blood on (one's) head
To be the cause of (someone's) death; to bear the guilt or responsibility of (someone's) death or injury. You may have walked away from your drunk driving accident unscathed, but you have that poor boy's blood on your head. The police now have blood on their heads since their crackdown on protesters turned violent.
See also: blood, have, head, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have (someone's) blood on (one's) hands
- have blood on hands
- have blood on your hands
- between life and death
- like death warmed over
- deal a death blow
- from the dead
- dance with death
- sign (someone's) death warrant
- sign someone's death warrant