くびをあらってまつ

首を洗って待つ

表記・読み：くびをあらってまつ

1. 1

   to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

   expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)五段動詞（つ）usu. in the imperative, as a threatidiomatic expression