stick a needle in my eye

English

Etymology

Originally (and more commonly) used as a second line of the rhyme.

Verb

stick a needle in my eye (third-person singular simple present sticks a needle in my eye, present participle sticking a needle in my eye, simple past and past participle stuck a needle in my eye)

1. Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die
   • 2010, Lynn Hones, The Cult of Light and Lies, page 79:

     “Do you promise?” Tilley said.
     “Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong.