ゆびきりげんまん、うそついたらはりせんぼんのます

Expression

Idiomatic

1. cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; (lit.) pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles

said by children when making a pinky swear

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish

to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

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