习惯用语come to the halter1.被处绞刑Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.1.[谚]在有人被吊死的人家, 千万别谈起绳子; 别提起人家忌讳的东西。put a halter round one's neck1.给自己套上绞索; 作茧自缚, 设井自陷