heads or tails

heads or tails
heads or tails
the face of a coin or the other side of a coin. (Often used in an act of coin tossing, where one circumstance is valid if the front of a coin appears and another circumstance is valid if the other side appears.) •

Jim looked at Jane as he flipped the coin into the air. “Heads or tails?” he asked.

It doesn't matter whether the result of the toss is heads or tails. I won't like the outcome in any case.

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{n. phr.} The two sides of a coin, especially when the coin is tossed in the air in order to decide which of two alternatives are to be followed. * /Tom tossed a quarter in the air and said, "Tails, I win; heads you win."/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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