stick a needle in my eye
Dramatic sincerity pledge
A dramatic oath emphasizing the sincerity of a statement, invoking self-inflicted injury as proof of truthfulness.
It typically follows a conditional: Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
The childish rhyme persists into adulthood as ironic emphasis: I'll be there on time—stick a needle in my eye if I'm not.
- oathFormal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- cross my heartEmphatic truthfulness pledge
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- covenantBinding formal pledge
hope to die · blood oath · idiom · figure of speech · pledge · overstatement · swear · dramatic language · dramatic effect · absurdity · irony · amplification · guarantee · assurance · agony · torment · pain and suffering · commitment
stick a needle in my eyeI guess
Uncertain agreement phrase
maybe · I suppose · whatever · if you say so · I think so
stick a needle in my eyewhite lie
Harmless minor falsehood
hollow promise · empty words · lip service · just kidding · crossed fingers
stick a needle in my eyemeh
Indifference, vocalized
whatever · kind of · sort of · more or less · in a manner of speaking
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