| 单词 | out on one's neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout on one's neck P18. out on one's neck: dismissed or ejected ignominiously; = out on one's ear at ear n.1 Phrases 1l. ΚΠ 1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal xvi. 152 If Colman had not been equal to it, circulation would have dropped, and he would have been out on his neck as swiftly as he had been brought in. 1959 Listener 5 Mar. 414/1 It was likely that he would be thrown out on his neck very quickly. 1973 Times 27 Feb. 14/4 He..unfortunately began a sentence ‘If I disagree with my local party..’ whereupon a heckler added loudly ‘You'll be out on your neck.’ 1986 P. Barker Century's Daughter ii. 33 It's a good job for her she cooks as well as she does, Because I think she's be out on her neck if she didn't. 1991 M. S. Power Come the Executioner (1992) vii. 63 You'd be out on your neck, that's for sure. < as lemmas |
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