Expression was used as soon as 1833: "amusing themselves by pitching quoits, spoiling halfpence at heads or tails with the gingerbread merchants, drinking beer, smoking, etc" in second page of Galignani's messenger published on first june 1833.
heads or tails
( idiomatic ) flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.heads or tails
Afrikaans: kruis of munt kop of munt
Arabic: طُرَّةٌ أَم نَقْشٌ ( ṭurratun ʔam naqšun ) , طُرَّةٌ أَو نَقْشٌ ( ṭurratun ʔaw naqšun )
Armenian: գիր-ղուշ ( gir-ġuš )
Breton: pennoù pe lostoù
Bulgarian: ези́ или́ тура́ ( ezí ilí turá )
Catalan: a cara o creu
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( toss a coin ) 擲硬幣 ／ 掷硬币 ( zhì yìngbì ) , 擲毫 ／ 掷毫 ( zhì háo )
Czech: panna nebo orel
Danish: plat eller krone
Dutch: kruis of munt kop of munt
Esperanto: monerumado
Finnish: kolikonheitto (fi) , lantinheitto kruuna vai klaava
French: pile ou face (fr)
German: Kopf oder Zahl
Greek: κορώνα ή γράμματα ( koróna í grámmata )
Hebrew: עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי (he) ( étz ó páli )
Hungarian: fej vagy írás (hu)
Italian: testa o croce f
Japanese: コイントス (ja) ( koin tosu )
Korean: 앞이야 뒤야 ( apiya dwiya )
Latvian: cipars vai ģerbonis
Lithuanian: herbas arba skaičius
Macedonian: глава или писмо ( glava ili pismo )
Norwegian: krone eller mynt
Polish: orzeł czy reszka
Portuguese: cara ou coroa m
Romanian: cap sau pajură
Russian: орля́нка (ru) f ( orljánka ) , орёл и́ли ре́шка ( orjól íli réška )
Spanish: águila o sol ( Mexico ) , cara o ceca ( Argentina ) , cara o corona ( El Salvador ) , cara o cruz (es) ( especially Spain ) , cara o escudo ( Cuba, Guatemala ) , cara o número ( Uruguay ) , cara o sello (es) ( Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela ) , escudo o corona ( Costa Rica ) , faz o cruz anverso o reverso faz o ceca faz o envés faz o revés
Swedish: krona eller klave singla slant
Tagalog: kara-krus
Turkish: yazı tura (tr)
Welsh: tu blaen ynteu tu chwith gwlybyn ynte sychyn ( Southwest )
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