heads or tails

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Attested since at least 1833, on the second page of Galignani's Messenger: "amusing themselves by pitching quoits, spoiling halfpence at heads or tails with the gingerbread merchants, drinking beer, smoking, etc".

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kruis of munt — heads or tails
• Afrikaans: kop of munt — heads or tails
• Arabic: طُرَّةٌ أَم نَقْشٌ (ṭurratun ʔam naqšun) — heads or tails
• Arabic: طُرَّةٌ أَو نَقْشٌ (ṭurratun ʔaw naqšun) — heads or tails
• Armenian: գիր-ղուշ (gir-ġuš) — heads or tails
• Breton: pennoù pe lostoù — heads or tails
• Bulgarian: ези́ или́ тура́ (ezí ilí turá) — heads or tails
• Catalan: a cara o creu — heads or tails
• Chinese Mandarin: 擲硬幣 /掷硬币 (zhì yìngbì) — heads or tails
• Chinese Mandarin: 擲毫 /掷毫 (zhì háo) — heads or tails
• Czech: panna nebo orel — heads or tails
• Danish: plat eller krone — heads or tails
• Dutch: kruis of munt — heads or tails
• Dutch: kop of munt — heads or tails
• Esperanto: monerumado — heads or tails
• Finnish: kolikonheitto — heads or tails
• Finnish: lantinheitto — heads or tails
• Finnish: kruuna vai klaava — heads or tails
• French: pile ou face — heads or tails
• German: Kopf oder Zahl — heads or tails
• Greek: κορώνα ή γράμματα (koróna í grámmata) — heads or tails
• Hebrew: עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי (étz ó páli) — heads or tails
• Hungarian: fej vagy írás — heads or tails
• Italian: testa o croce — heads or tails
• Japanese: コイントス (koin tosu) — heads or tails
• Korean: 앞이야 뒤야 (apiya dwiya) — heads or tails
• Latin: navia aut caput — heads or tails
• Latvian: cipars vai ģerbonis — heads or tails
• Lithuanian: herbas arba skaičius — heads or tails
• Macedonian: глава или писмо (glava ili pismo) — heads or tails
• Norwegian: krone eller mynt — heads or tails
• Polish: orzeł czy reszka — heads or tails
• Portuguese: cara ou coroa — heads or tails
• Romanian: cap sau pajură — heads or tails
• Russian: орля́нка (orljánka) — heads or tails
• Russian: орёл и́ли ре́шка (orjól íli réška) — heads or tails
• Spanish: águila o sol — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o ceca — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o corona — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o cruz — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o escudo — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o número — heads or tails
• Spanish: cara o sello — heads or tails
• Spanish: escudo o corona — heads or tails
• Spanish: faz o envés / revés — heads or tails
• Spanish: anverso o reverso — heads or tails
• Swedish: krona eller klave — heads or tails
• Swedish: singla slant — heads or tails
• Tagalog: kara-krus — heads or tails
• Turkish: yazı tura — heads or tails
• Welsh: tu blaen ynteu tu chwith — heads or tails
• Welsh: gwlybyn ynte sychyn — heads or tails