笠の台が飛ぶ · godan verb (-bu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 笠の台が飛ぶ | 笠の台が飛ばない |
| Polite | 笠の台が飛びます | 笠の台が飛びません |
| Past polite | 笠の台が飛びました | 笠の台が飛びませんでした |
| Past | 笠の台が飛んだ | 笠の台が飛ばなかった |
| Te-form | 笠の台が飛んで | 笠の台が飛ばないで |
| Desire | 笠の台が飛びたい | 笠の台が飛びたくない |
| Potential | 笠の台が飛べる | 笠の台が飛べない |
| Passive | 笠の台が飛ばれる | 笠の台が飛ばれない |
| Causative | 笠の台が飛ばせる | 笠の台が飛ばせない |
| Causative passive | 笠の台が飛ばせられるalso 笠の台が飛ばされる | 笠の台が飛ばせられないalso 笠の台が飛ばされない |
| Volitional | 笠の台が飛ぼう | |
| Polite volitional | 笠の台が飛びましょう | |
| Imperative | 笠の台が飛べ | 笠の台が飛ぶな |
| Conditional | 笠の台が飛べば | 笠の台が飛ばなければ |
| Tara conditional | 笠の台が飛んだら | 笠の台が飛ばなかったら |
be fired; be decapitated
Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'the hat stand flies off'. Historically referred to beheading, but in modern usage it almost exclusively means losing one's job. The decapitation sense is archaic and rarely encountered outside historical contexts.
That employee was often late, and apparently finally got fired.
In the old days, a samurai could lose his head if he lost a battle.