Phrase info

over the head

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over,‎ the,‎ head.
She hit me over the head with a baseball bat.

Dished out in an overly censorious way.
After I said that, they would not give me a break. They just kept beating me over the head with it.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. Djuna Barnes

I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. Groucho Marx

Marijuana? It's harmless really, unless you fashion it into a club and beat somebody over the head with it. Bill Bailey

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. Katharine Hepburn

A man who for an entire week does nothing but hit himself over the head has little reason to be proud. Stanisław Lem

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