Phrase guide

cross my heart and hope to die

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

Added to a promise or a statement to show how serious one was about being honest in what one said

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese: 我对天发誓,否则不得好死 — Translations
  • Finnish: vannon kautta kiven ja kannon — Translations
  • Finnish: kautta kiven ja kannon — Translations
  • French: croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer — Translations
  • German: versprochen ist versprochen und wird auch nicht gebrochen — Translations
  • Hungarian: isten bizony — Translations
  • Hungarian: bizony isten — Translations
  • Hungarian: úgy éljek — Translations
  • Hungarian: isten engem úgy segéljen — Translations
  • Hungarian: isten látja lelkemet — Translations
  • Hungarian: ide a rozsdás bökőt — Translations
  • Italian: giurin giurello, tutto il mondo è bello, ma la mia parola è la più bella di tutte — Translations
  • Italian: giuro su quello che ho di più caro — Translations
  • Japanese: 嘘ついたら針千本飲ます (uso tsuitara hari senbon nomasu) — Translations
  • Korean: 거짓말하면 천대 맞기 (geojinmalhamyeon cheondae matgi) — Translations
  • Polish: z ręką na sercu — Translations
  • Portuguese: juro pela minha vida — Translations
  • Romanian: zău — Translations
  • Romanian: mă jur pe ce am mai scump — Translations
  • Romanian: mă jur pe ce am mai sfânt — Translations
  • Romanian: să mor eu — Translations
  • Romanian: să moară mama — Translations
  • Romanian: să n-am noroc — Translations
  • Russian: зуб даю (zub daju) — Translations
  • Spanish: cruces de madera, que si miento me muera — Translations
  • Spanish: palabra de honor — Translations
  • Spanish: lo juro por la Virgencita de Guadalupe — Translations
  • Spanish: lo juro por mi madre — Translations
  • Turkish: ekmeğim düşmanım olsun — Translations