heads will roll

Meaning

1. heads will roll (for sth)

   used to say that some people will be punished because of sth that has happened

In the movies · 4

• Literally, heads will roll.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• An attorney will have that money back in a few months, but a lot of heads will roll before that.Sicario2015
• Look, I know heads are gonna roll for this.The Pacifier2005
• -Does the old man know about this? -Not yet. Heads would roll.The Gray Man2022

From the same entry

• a head
• bang your heads together
• be banging, your head against a brick wall
• be head and shoulders above
• bite head off
• bring to a head
• bury your head in the sand
• can't make head nor tail of
• do head in
• do standing on your head
• from head to foot
• get your head down