"eat one's hat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-eat one's hat.ogg Forms: eats one's hat [present, singular, third-person], eating one's hat [participle, present], ate one's hat [past], eaten one's hat [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> one's hat}} eat one's hat (third-person singular simple present eats one's hat, present participle eating one's hat, simple past ate one's hat, past participle eaten one's hat)
  1. (idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to express disbelief about a proposition): 批個頭落嚟畀你當凳坐 (Chinese Cantonese), 批个头落嚟畀你当凳坐 (Chinese Cantonese), 字倒過來寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 字倒过来写 (zì dào guòlái xiě) (Chinese Mandarin), zijn hoed opeten (Dutch), syödä hattunsa (Finnish), manger son chapeau (French), ich freß einen Besen, wenn (German), ich will Emil heißen, wenn (German), mangiarsi il cappello (Italian), 首をやる (kubi o yaru) (Japanese), من كلاهم را ميخورم (Persian), comer o chapéu (Portuguese), querer ser mico de circo (Portuguese), dar a mão à palmatória (Portuguese), дава́ть голову́ на отсече́ние (davátʹ golovú na otsečénije) (Russian), que me maten si (Spanish)
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          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
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          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "syödä hattunsa"
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          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "manger son chapeau"
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          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "ich freß einen Besen, wenn"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "ich will Emil heißen, wenn"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "mangiarsi il cappello"
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          "roman": "kubi o yaru",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "من كلاهم را ميخورم"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "comer o chapéu"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "querer ser mico de circo"
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          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
          "word": "dar a mão à palmatória"
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          "roman": "davátʹ golovú na otsečénije",
          "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
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      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "字倒過來寫"
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      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "字倒过来写"
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      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "zijn hoed opeten"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "syödä hattunsa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "manger son chapeau"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "ich freß einen Besen, wenn"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "ich will Emil heißen, wenn"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "mangiarsi il cappello"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kubi o yaru",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "首をやる"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "من كلاهم را ميخورم"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "comer o chapéu"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "querer ser mico de circo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "dar a mão à palmatória"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "davátʹ golovú na otsečénije",
      "sense": "to express disbelief about a proposition",
      "word": "дава́ть голову́ на отсече́ние"
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