heads or tails

== English == === Etymology === 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". === Pronunciation === === Noun === heads or tails (idiomatic) The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== make heads or tails of heads or harps cross and pile toss a coin === Further reading === Coin flipping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia