| 单词 | to break the neck of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break the neck of PhrasesPhrases and allusive uses. P1. a. Used (with reference to sense 1b) in contexts implying subjugation to or delivery from a discipline, an oppressive force, a burden, etc.Usually in connection with the figurative uses of yoke n. and yoke v.1 ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxx. 8 Y shal to-brose his ȝoc fro thi necke. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xv. 10 Gode..putte a ȝok on the nol, or necke, of disciplis. a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) 2804 [Þe saxons] nekken [vnder is fet to trede]. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. Cxxxv Marke what a crosse God sofered to fall on the necke of hys electe Jacob. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 261/1 God layeth the bridle in their neckes as it were. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 181 Wilt thou set thy foote o'my necke . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 64 These are his..armes, and strength, With which he yoaketh your rebellious Neckes . View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Owen Serm. in Wks. (1851) IX. 217 Our necks are yet kept from the yoke of lawless lust. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ii. 49 Man, from the remotest antiquity, found it convenient to exert his strength to subjugate his companion,..that she ought to have her neck bent under the yoke. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 30 To..Disyoke their necks from custom. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 128 See, your foot is on our necks, We vanquish'd. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. lxiv. 20 It was because Lydgate writhed under the idea of getting his neck beneath this vile yoke that he had fallen into a bitter moody state which was continually widening Rosamond's alienation from him. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 748/1 Why..attempt to place the Jewish yoke on the necks of converted pagans? 1992 New Republic 11 May 20/1 During his nine months of notoriety,..he spread his gospel: that the Church, like America, is a racist, Eurocentric yoke around the necks of black Americans. b. In contexts implying resistance, submission, or obstinacy. Now chiefly (colloquial): impudence, effrontery; frequently in to have the (also a) neck (to). Cf. nerve n. 14b and stiff-necked adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] to bear oneself stout1338 to have the (also a) neck (to)c1395 perk1529 pert1637 to brazen it out1712 to be (also get) smart1736 to push (also show) a face1765 to cheek it1851 whipper-snap1908 c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 113 Boweth youre nekke vnder that blisful yok Of souereynetee, noght of.seruyse. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 38 (MED) Fra þat day forward may sho noht gange owte, Ne þe life of þe reule fle, ne caste it fra hir nek. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iii. 5 Their greate men put not their neckes to ye seruyce of their lorde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xvii. 14 They..herdened their neckes, acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. i. 19 My selfe..Haue stoopt my necke vnder your iniuries. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 415 Sturdiest Oaks Bow'd their Stiff necks . View more context for this quotation a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 635 The barbarians..had at length submitted their necks to the gospel. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Neck, forwardness, impudence. ‘What a neck ye hev efter aa'!’ 1933 Punch 25 Jan. 108/3 I'm afraid I was so overcome by his barefaced ‘neck’ that it never occurred to me to call him back. 1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks iii. 34 He'd had the infernal neck to say I wasn't going to marry the man. 1942 L. A. G. Strong Unpractised Heart xii. 77 And then you have the sheer neck, the bloody effrontery to say you think there's more in life than I do. 1960 J. Symons Progress of Crime v. 34 If that doesn't beat anything for hard neck. 1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle I. i. 19 The point is she's got a bloody neck to ask. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxii. 173 You must be good. You've got plenty of brass neck. But I can't see it... I could take you aisy. ΚΠ 1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 356 They princypally delyte to put oon of us Inglishmen in an others necke. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Fviii The wyckednes and folysshenes of others shalbe imputed to hym, and layde in hys necke. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 88 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The Countrie [n]ever should dare to mutinie, having still the Souldiour in their necke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 177 You haue done well, That men must lay their murder on your neck . View more context for this quotation P2. a. Used with reference to the neck as the means by which a person is killed, esp. by hanging or beheading. Now usually in to risk (also save) one's neck.Cf. also to break the neck of at Phrases 6. ΚΠ c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1218 Lat hym be war his nekke lith to wedde. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 438 Ȝys, and ellys haue þou my necke, But I be manly be downe and dyche. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. iiv Theuys and brybours..whyche are punysshed for theyr euyll dedes by the necke. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. viii. 44 Let his necke answere it, If there be any marshals lawe in the worell. 1646 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 118 To this litle purpose hath the King's commands put his necke to a new hazard. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 494 West, who..had reveald the Complices, to save his owne neck. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates iii. 54 None will be so foolish, as to..run the Hazard of their Necks. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 291 [I] rejoiced at getting my neck out of an halter. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xix. 308 If I were a young man..my sweetheart should have one of those flowers.., though I risked my neck climbing for it! 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxxvii. 301 Had she not..been the first among those who had striven,—and had striven at last successfully,—to save his neck from the halter? 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 67 One and all rode like demons, without the slightest regard for the safety of their own necks. 1915 C. P. Gilman Herland in Forerunner Apr. 95/1 We did not have to risk our necks to that extent,..for.., stealing along among the rocks and trees..we came to that flat space where we had landed. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 126 Anybody's think I was asking your to risk your neck for me, instead of just suggesting that you do me a little favour. 1973 Daily Pennsylvanian Oct. 6/3 ‘They're out for our necks,’ commented Wetzel about the West Chester team. 1990 B. Moore Lies of Silence iii. 55 She needn't think that bein' a Catholic from the Falls is goin' to save her neck. b. colloquial. to get (also catch, take) it in the neck: to be hit hard (by something); to be severely reprimanded or punished. to give it in the neck: to assault or reprimand (someone) severely. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > severely visita1382 to-punisha1400 overpunisha1639 to give (a person) hell1836 to give a person what for1852 slate1854 to give it in the neck1881 to come down1888 bean1910 scrub1911 cane1925 to gie (or give) (someone) laldy1935 society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment > be punished severely to buy the bargain dear1352 smart1534 sweata1625 to nap it1699 to get it1805 to catch or get Jesse1839 to get (also catch, take) it in the neck1881 to get beans1893 to get (also do) the book1928 1881 in J. S. M. Earp I married Wyatt Earp (1976) 41 Curly Bill. This Noted Desperado Gets It in the Neck. 1882 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 25 Nov. 3/3 An ‘Artless’ Young Girl Gives it to Her ‘in the Neck’, as the Sports Say. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 20 Jan. 6/4 Dem dubs is goin' to git it in de neck. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air ii. 58 They'll get it in the neck in real earnest one of these days, if they ain't precious careful. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 30 Something always comes along to give it you in the neck at the very moment when you're feeling most braced about things in general. 1955 Times 11 July 12/7 Do they belong to an unlucky generation that has got it in the neck before the law can catch up with the swift development of civilian aviation, and insist upon silenced airliners? 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy xi. 254 Tolstoy got it in the neck from all sides. 2001 Chicago Tribune 9 Sept. v. 6/5 Companies that were not protected with long-term contracts took it in the neck. P3. to fall (also sob, weep) upon a person's neck and variants: to embrace (a person), esp. in seeking comfort.Originally in translations of or with allusion to the Bible (Genesis 45:14). ΚΠ a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xlv. 14 And whanne he hadde biclippid, and hadde feld [v.r. falle] in to the necke of Beniamyn, his brother, he wepte, the while also Benjamin wepte in lijk maner on the necke of Joseph. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlv. 14 And he fel vpon his brother Beniamins necke, and wept: and Beniamin wept vpon his necke. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 76. ⁋3 He would..make two Fellows who hated, embrace and fall upon each other's Neck. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park (ed. 2) 447 Lady Bertram came..to meet her;..and, falling on her neck, said ‘Dear Fanny! now I shall be comfortable.’ 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter iii My father, weeping upon my neck, had blessed Heaven for the courage of his child. 1909 R. Brooke Let. 3 Nov. (1968) 192 Your offer is splendid and noble. I fall upon your neck. 1912 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. (1913) 153 So back I go to my job again, Not..quite so ready to sob again On any neck that's around. 1959 J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. 155 The soccer field where the players fall upon the neck of the goal-shooter. 1993 Geist Sept.–Oct. 15/2 Pavlina, yelling out my name, falls upon my neck. P4. to make a long neck: see long neck n. 1. P5. in (also on, upon) the neck (of): on the top of; immediately upon or after(wards); esp. (one) in (also on) the neck of another. regional in later use.Common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succession [phrase] > immediately following another (one) in (also on) the neck of another1525 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continuously or uninterruptedly [phrase] > in continuous succession forne onc1175 (one) in (also on) the neck of another1525 in a successiona1715 hand-running?1807 off the reel1866 on the trot1952 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clx. [clvi.] 442 One tayle coude nat be payde but yt another was redy on ye necke therof. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 20v Heaping othes vpon othes, one in a nothers necke. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. D.ij/2 Upon the necke of this againe, he argueth thus. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 357 One temptation folloed in the neck of an other. 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1720) I. 376 This Offer coming upon the Neck of the Parliament's Advice to his Majesty. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bv A Dozen more of such Expressions, pour'd on the Neck of one another. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii A thousand distresses and domestic misadventures crowding in upon me thick and threefold, one upon the neck of another. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) One bad job alus falls on th' neck of another. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 203/1 Jim bust 'is leg an' yer Da brok 'is ribs on the neck o' that. P6. to break the neck of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 32 These foule mischeefs which haue almoste broken the necke of the Common wealth. 1624 King James VI & I Declar. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 140 Though I have broken the Necks of three Parliaments. 1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances ii. ii. sig. E1 Nowmay I hang my self; this commendation Has broke the neck of all my Hopes. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xi This was an eternal source of misery to my father, and broke the neck, at the first setting out, of more good dialogues between them. b. To counteract or annul the chief force or main effect of; to finish the main part of; = to break the back of at back n.1 24a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > finish the main part of to break the neck ofa1592 to break the heart of1679 to break the back of1883 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) sig. A4 Ha, ha, ha, thinkest thou those puppits can please me? whay I haue two sonnes, that with one scottish gigge shall breake the necke of thy Antiques. 1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 9 The neck of this designe will scarce be broken, till the necks of some of the..authors..be. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 131 The Doctor..gave him Medicines to fortifie his Stomach, and break the neck of the Fever. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 201 To break the Neck of those wicked Delays used there. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) To break the neck of an affair; to hinder any thing being done; or, to do more than half. 1782 Ld. Macartney Let. 28 Jan. in Private Corr. (1950) 183 If we take it, and I believe it very practicable, I think the Neck of the war effectually broke. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1869) II. xiv. 263 He had done enough (in his own language) ‘to break the neck of the day's work’. 1846 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 4 Mar. (1954) I. 207 Mais courage! the neck of the difficulty is broken, and there is really very little to be done now. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew III. xiii. 272 The neck of the winter was broken, and the day was bright and clear. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 958/1 As soon as the neck of that revolt was broken, it became more urgent than ever to provide such a resource. P7. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > headlong neck over head1579 tail on end1790 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 247/1 Matters goe so necke ouer head, and men crye out, All is naught. b. neck and heels: = neck and crop at Phrases 7c. Cf. to tie (also †lay) neck and heels at Phrases 8. Now rare (British regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 155 He..all bedret him, Evin quyte from nek till heill.] 1647 F. Bland Souldiers March 20 As Gods Provost-Marshall, to arrest him, binde him hand and foot, neck and heels. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §81. 72 The Liberty of the Subject is brought in Neck and Heels, as they say. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxv. 210 To take and pull him neck and heels out. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 137 The first thing that we now did was to turn him out of the sick-house, neck and heels. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester (at cited word) If there be another 'lection, they'll be obligated to go out neck and heels. c. neck and crop: bodily; totally; altogether. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 1791 E. Nairne Poems 79 The startish beast took fright, and flop The mad-brain'd rider tumbled, neck and crop! 1816 Times (Electronic ed.) 25 Jan. 461 Explain the terms..neck and crop—bang up—and—prime. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 185 Chuck them, neck and croup [sic]..down a dark staircase. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 137 We're going in neck and crop for Fashion. 1895 Philistine Sept. 110 He had gotten an Indiana divorce from this woman five years before, but the courts had pronounced it invalid, and now she was upon him neck and crop. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 398 That does not excuse the neck-and-crop abruptness..of..our expulsion. 1967 Times 30 Nov. 11/1 If the full glory of decolonization is to throw the alien power out neck and crop, this satisfaction can hardly be denied the National Liberation Front. 1981 R. Rendell Best Man to Die (BNC) I knew a family—six children in that case there were—they got evicted neck and crop just because they cracked a drainpipe. P8. to tie (also †lay) neck and heels: to confine or bind securely. Also †to lie neck and heels and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] bind971 to bind hand and footOE i-bindec1000 umgivea1300 warrok1362 hampera1375 bolt1377 shacklec1440 astrainc1475 estrain1483 to put in irons1533 to tie up1570 manacle1582 beshackle1599 to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618 fillet1633 kilta1689 to tie down1699 oblige1718 hog-tie1886 zip-tie1985 1618 S. Argall Edict in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1933) III. 93 Every person to go to Church Sundays & holidaies or lye neck & heels on the Corps du Gard ysupe night following & be a slave ysupe week following. 1643 E. Chillenden Inhumanity Kings Prison-keeper 2 He swore he would lay me neck and heels in Irons. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 156 [Ye] That to your own Imperious Wills, Laid Law and Gospel Neck and Heels. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 310/2 The Tying Neck and Heels, is a Punishment of decrepiting, that is benumming the Body, by drawing it all together, as it were into a round Ball. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man iv. 41 Take this Fool, let him be gagg'd, ty'd neck and heels, and lock'd into a Garret. 1711 J. Buckingham Diary Land Exped. against Crown Point (1825) Four Indians belonging to Capt. Shaw's company committed to our guard, and laid neck-and-heels..for trading with the Five Nations. 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 44 Tying Neck and Heels, is thus performed. The Criminal sits down on the Ground, when a firelock is put under his Hams, and another over his Neck, which are forcibly brought, almost together, by means of a Couple or Cartouch box Straps. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lix. 282 A highwayman or housebreaker as had tied the ladies neck and heels..and put 'em in a cellar. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xvi. 130 Nephi tried to stop these scandalous proceedings; but they tied him neck and heels, and went on with their lark. 1901 Atlantic Monthly 88 22/1 [MacLean] shrugged his shoulders. ‘So long as you tie him neck and heels..I am content,’ he answered. 1990 Black Amer. Lit. Forum 24 464 The Zulu Club audience..feels itself ‘tied neck and heels’ by a poetic analogy. P9. to hang round (also about) (someone's) neck. a. To be very close or devoted to (a person). Now rare, except as merging with Phrases 9b. ΚΠ 1631 in C. Marlowe Faustus (new ed.) sig. C3v Next, like a Necke lace, I hang about her Necke. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 47 If ever I hang, it shall be about a fair Lady's Neck. 1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 157 She's got that oafish lad..hung round her neck. b. To be a burden, unwanted responsibility, or hindrance to (a person). Esp. in early use, of a woman. Also to be around (also round) (someone's) neck.Cf. millstone n. 2a. ΚΠ 1863 A. Trollope Small House at Allington in Cornhill Mag. Jan. 65 What was to be his fate here and hereafter? Lily Dale was gone from him, and Amelia Roper was hanging round his neck like a millstone! 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days viii. 139 He's not such a bloody fool that he wants a niece hanging round his neck for the rest of his life. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 33/4 She had been planning to have him alone, not with the Templar family, which he hated anyway, round his neck. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo iii. 162 But you shouldn't worry. You can never do the best work that way. Of course with Falcon and Sanderson round your neck, I'm not surprised. 2000 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 20/1 Considering how life might feel at graduation with a $60,000 debt round her neck. P10. neck and neck (also with hyphens). a. Originally of horses in a race: keeping level, neither falling behind nor getting ahead of each other. Hence in extended use (of two or more contestants): level in a race, competition, or comparison. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > keeping pace with step by step1565 head and girth1796 head-to-head1799 neck and neck1799 the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb] > at the same time that with or as there-midc888 forth withc1175 herewitha1400 runninglyc1443 hand in handa1500 straight1536 forth with that?1541 parallel1646 in parallel1709 neck and neck1799 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adverb] > type of race neck and neck1799 1799 Sporting Mag. 13 309/1 In this way, neck and neck, whipping and spurring, all the speed of the horses, and all the skill of the jockies exerted, they rode up to the ending post. 1802 Morning Post 16 July 2/4 The contest for Kent is the keenest that has yet been run. The three candidates are neck and neck. You might cover them all with a sheet. c1812 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 40 In the House of Commons..where the parties were, if I may use the expression, neck and neck. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 10 Hall again took the lead, but it was almost neck-and-neck; and lots of laughter and betting occurred as to the event. 1875 R. Isham tr. T. Isham Jrnl. 62 The jockeys again start from the post and go neck and neck for some distance..when, at last, Lisle came in first. 1877 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 456 To keep neck and neck with the printers..would be a daily pressure. 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. June 361/2 There a horse fell or staggered, and was instantly recovered. Now we were a few yards ahead, again neck-and-neck with the ‘Quicksilver’. 1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ All on Irish Shore 25 Tiger was already over the wall and into the demesne, neck and neck with fly, the smith's half-bred greyhound. 1955 Times 23 June 9/4 Production ran neck-and-neck in the studios, but the second version..reached the public screen last. 2000 Cape Times 19 July i. 8/5 Clinton..is neck and neck with her Republican challenger Rick Lazio in the polls. b. As adj. (attributive). Close; closely contested. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > types of competition drawn1610 indifferent?1611 cut-throat?a1625 equal1653 runaway1797 close-run1813 neck and neck1828 tight1828 dog-eat-dog1872 winner-take(s)-all1969 two-horse1976 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > types of race well-run1601 unpaced1636 all-age1806 close-run1813 level1826 long distance1826 handicapped1828 neck and neck1828 timed1839 point-to-point1875 side by side1881 middle distance1886 paced1899 two-horse1976 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 204 The strength and luck of the parties were so well balanced, that it produced quite a neck-and-neck race, won only by two notches. 1864 ‘G. Eliot’ Brother Jacob ii, in Cornhill Mag. July 11 If new-comers were to bring in the system of neck-and-neck trading,..what security was there? 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. iii. 71 It's late in the day, and a neck and neck thing. 1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture v. 84 Nicholls and I had a race across the plain, with a neck-and-neck finish. 1993 Hispanic Business Oct. 40/1 The neck-and-neck contest with Mr. Lujan established his reputation as a rising star in New Mexico politics. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > simultaneity [phrase] neck and neck1847 1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 516/2 The birth and the death..synchronise by a metaphysical nicety of neck-and-neck. P11. neck or nothing (occasionally neck or nought). a. Expressing determination and readiness to venture everything or to take all risks. Also as n.: a situation requiring such determination. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [phrase] > determination regardless of consequences at all perilsc1300 sinka1393 sink or swimc1410 neck or nothing1673 coûte que coûte1715 at all costs1810 Sydney or the bush1924 1673 ‘Naso Scarronnomimus’ Ovidius Exulans ii. 44 No I protest that were a low thing, Alas! I still cry Neck or nothing. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 321 Worth venturing Neck or Nothing for. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 99 Neck or nothing; come down, or I'll fetch you down. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 89 Away went Gilpin, neck or nought. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st xv. 333 She rides, to use the language of English sportsmen, ‘neck or nothing’. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 232 Cabs are all very well in cases of expedition; when it's a matter of neck or nothing. 1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. 357 I launched my scheme neck or naught. 1927 Passing Show Summer 24/3 Cynthia Bradley had to make a quick decision. It was neck or nothing now. 1934 L. Charteris Boodle viii. 178 In broad daylight, there was no chance of further concealment; and it was neck or nothing at that point. 1968 Hist. Jrnl. 11 576 Smuts rose to the occasion by sending..a full division at once and, since it was now ‘neck or nothing’, following this up with all that he had. b. As adj. (attributive). Usually with hyphen. Of persons or actions: headstrong; reckless; rash. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly at all adventure (also adventures)1485 in flagrant blood1614 over shoes, over boots1653 neck or nothing1814 as if there were no tomorrow1847 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957 1814 W. Scott Let. 30 Apr. (1932) III. 441 A neck or nothing London Bookseller. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 235 Crashing along with neck-or-nothing fury, where it would have been madness to follow him. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 133 Three great neck-or-nothing chaps, that could keep on running over us. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 46/2 Burtis, the youngest brother, had gone through college after a sort of neck-or-nothing fashion. 1989 Snooker Scene Jan. 16/1 Hallet twice levelled from the odd frame behind in the early stages but once he had missed a neck-or-nothing slow pink along the top cushion which would have given him a 3-2, the match went all one way. P12. a. up to one's (also †the) neck (in): fully immersed, occupied, or implicated (in some undertaking or transaction, frequently illegal). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > involved in something > deeply up to one's (also the) neck (in)1788 up to the hub1800 up to the (or one's) eyebrows1954 1788 G. Colman Ways & Means ii. 37 She'll be in..a fine fuss with preparations for tomorrow, I warrant: up to the neck in beef, gowns, ducks, jewels, ribbons, and puff pastry. 1883 H. James Portraits of Places ii. 48 In the wonderful..Genoese alleys the traveller is really up to his neck in the old Italian sketchability. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker x. 163 Trent was in it; he was in it up to the neck; even if he couldn't buy, he could give us the straight tip. 1923 J. Conrad Rover xii. 203 It's the very spot for hatching treacheries. One feels steeped in them up to the neck. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. ii. 64 Three mayors..were up to their neck in the trade. 1971 ‘F. Clifford’ Blind Side iv. ii. 157 ‘I haven't seen him for a couple of days... He's been up to his neck.’ ‘Who with?’ ‘Same man.’ 1989 Box Autumn 4/1 We only made three series and they only took about five months each so..we've only been up to our necks in it for the past year and a bit. 2000 Irish World 2 June 22/5 Snorkey tries to stay out of trouble, but actually ends up getting into it up to his neck. b. (up) to the neck: to the point where no more can be taken, to the top. Also figurative, esp. as fed (up) to the neck: satiated, completely tired or bored (with something) (cf. fed adj. 3). ΚΠ 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 288 You'll go from this place to the Lodge, where you'll be fed ‘to the neck’. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. ix. 273 The vacant edifices..are filled to the neck with meal and corn. 1893 A. Bierce Can Such Things Be? i What would any good Christian do, especially one new to the trade and full to the neck with the brotherhood of Man and the fatherhood of God? 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. i. 24 He had consulted a doctor at Bonneville,..who had filled him up to the neck with a dose of some hog-wash stuff that had made him worse. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Dec. a39 It is a time bomb ticking. After a while people get fed up to their necks and they blow up and go amok. 2001 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Nov. 17 The majority look like they are fed up to the neck with war. P13. colloquial. to talk through (the back of) one's neck and variants: to use extravagant words or language not substantiated by fact; to talk nonsense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > talk gibberish [verb (intransitive)] rabblea1400 javerc1440 jabber1499 jabble1570 jargon1570 gabble1574 gibberish1577 gibber1604 cant1728 jibber1824 rigmarole1831 to talk through (the back of) one's neck1899 garble1913 jibber-jabber1922 jabberwock1959 1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 199 ‘Don't talk through yer neck,’ snarled the convict. ‘Talk out straight, curse you!’ 1907 Strand Mag. June 672/1 We are not slow to tell them they are ‘talking through the back of their neck’. 1923 Pall Mall Gaz. & Globe 13 Apr. 3/3 Anybody who gets up in this House and talks about universal peace knows he is talking through the back of his neck. 1941 P. G. Wodehouse Berlin Broadcasts in Performing Flea (1961) i. 266 Algy didn't know a thing about it and was almost certainly talking through the back of his neck. 1971 J. Yardley Kiss a Day viii. 153 Honey chile may well be talking through the back of her gorgeous neck. 2000 P. Beatty Tuff xiii. 180 I was talking out the back of my neck and said some shit without really thinking. P14. Originally Australian. neck-to-knee(s): (of a swimsuit) covering the body from the neck to the thigh. Also as n.: such a swimsuit. ΚΠ 1902 New S. Wales Govt. Gaz. 6 89690 All persons bathing in any waters exposed to view from any wharf, street, public place, or dwelling house in the Municipal District of Manly, before the hour of 7.30 in the morning and after the hour of 8 o'clock in the evening, shall be attired in proper bathing costume covering the body from the neck to the knee.] 1910 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 20 June 17/8 Neck-to-knee costumes have been for some time past insisted on at all the popular resorts. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 49 Neck-to-knees, bathing costumes covering the body from the neck to half-way down the thigh. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 261 Refusing to wear the regulation ‘neck-to-knee’ bathing togs. 1999 Independent 18 Aug. i. 24/5 Swimmers have already used neck to knee suits and what everyone seems to be getting into a song and dance about is that it's gone from the knee to the ankle. P15. to stick (also put) one's neck out: to expose oneself to danger, reprisal, criticism, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks dicec1440 to put one's finger in the fire1546 hazardc1550 venture1560 to jeopard a joint1563 to venture a joint1570 to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621 danger1672 risk1767 gamble1802 to ride a tiger1902 to stick (also put) one's neck out1926 to lead with one's chin1949 to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964 1926 Univ. Virginia Mag. Oct. 16/2 Absolutely original slang at the University of Virginia includes..to stick one's neck out. 1933 New Republic 22 Nov. 45/2 Instead, there is a general disposition now to regard him as a fat-headed fellow..who ‘put his neck out’ and got what he deserved. 1936 R. Chandler in Black Mask June 31/2 You sure stick your neck out all the time. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. viii. 302 The conclusion she [sc. Elizabeth] drew from that was not to put out her neck again. 1961 Deb. Senate (Canada) 5 July 1021/1 So I shall try not to stick my neck out on the legal aspect too much; although, as I say, even from a legal standpoint it does seem rather simple to me. 1997 Business Age Sept. 24/3 They are..terrified of sticking their necks out and making investment decisions that go against the crowd. P16. dead from the neck up: see dead adj. 32j. P17. to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck: to be overbearingly close behind (someone); (figurative) to keep a close or oppressive watch upon (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) vii. 97 There were big black moths in the wardrobe; not to mention a beastly big mountain breathing down the back of your neck. 1959 Times 19 May 5/5 Because Kent were always breathing down their necks, Hampshire could never really establish themselves. 1965 J. Porter Dover Two xi. 141 MacGregor rushed..away, delighted to be able to pursue his own line of investigation and..not to have Dover breathing down his neck all the time. 1973 Times 24 Apr. 11/7 Shakespeare..gives the troupe a chance to try something new without the Academie breathing down its neck. 1989 EuroBusiness Jan. 51/2 With the International Monetary Fund breathing down its neck, Mr Nemeth's government is trying hard to come close to its target. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing i. 23 Of course I'm nervous. I've got half a dozen policemen breathing down my 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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