At the negotiations, she muttered that every man has his price, and the bidders quickly proved her right.

If anyone betrayed the king, the royal guard would give someone his head on a platter without hesitation.

When the investigation revealed the fraud, the board publicly demanded that the CEO hand someone his head on a platter to show they were taking action.

Facing relentless criticism, the management decided to hand someone his head on a plate to calm the public.

They threatened to give someone his head on a plate as a warning to the others.

After fainting in the mud and missing yet another signal, Private Hale was dismissed as one of His Majesty's bad bargains.

He invested in every scam he saw because a fool and his money are soon parted.

At the reunion my grandmother sighed and said it is a wise child that knows his own father, a proverb she used whenever paternity was the subject of gossip.

When she faced setbacks, her mentor reminded her that every man is the architect of his own fortune, so she kept working toward her goals.

As the old proverb warns, no one should be judge in his own cause, so we asked an impartial tribunal to hear the dispute.