(one's) head on a plate/platter

(one's) head on a plate/platter

A phrase used hyperbolically to refer to a very harsh punishment. If I find out that Paul was the one who sabotaged my presentation to the board, I'll have his head on a plate! Identify the vandals, and bring me their heads on a platter!
See also: head, on, plate, platter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be a fate worse than death
  • be out for blood
  • be out for/after (one's) scalp
  • scalp
  • out for blood
  • and his mother
  • go to any length
  • beat off
  • go crazy
  • chain to