chopping block

Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:

chopping block noun billot m.
IDIOMS:
to put one's head on the ~ prendre des risques.

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chopping block n (wooden block used in decapitation)billot nm
Note: also used figuratively - "My head is on the chopping block if this project fails"
 Visitors to the Tower of London can still see the executioner's axe and the chopping block used to behead two of Henry VIII's unfortunate wives.
chopping block n (cookery: board for chopping food)planche à découper nf
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