break one's neck

dislocate or seriously damage a vertebra or the spinal cord in one's neck

折斷脖子

(break one's neck to do something)(informal)exert oneself to the utmost to achieve something

(非正式)拼命做

get (或catch) it in the neck

(informal)be severely criticized or punished

(非正式)受到嚴(yán)厲譴責(zé)（或懲罰）

have the neck to do something

(informal)have the impudence or nerve to do something

(非正式)厚著臉皮做某事

neck and neck

level in a race, competition, or comparison

并駕齊驅(qū)；不相上下

neck of the woods

(informal)a particular area or locality

(非正式)地帶；地段

fancy seeing her in this neck of the woods.

想不到在樹林這里看到她。

up to one's neck in

(informal)heavily, deeply, or busily involved in

(非正式)深深陷入（或卷入）

they were up to their necks in debt.

他們債臺(tái)高筑。

I'm up to my neck in rearranging the match.

我一心忙于重新安排這場比賽。