10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RISK ONE'S NECK»
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Words that Teem with Meening [sic]: Copenhagen Views on ...
... the neck: get* it in the neck < chance* one's neck: risk one's neck < dead from
the neck up (down/on) {one's/sb's} neck* fall* on sb's neck get* it in {the/one's}
neck < get* off {one's/sb's} neck: get* off {one's/sb's} back give* (one's) neck <
have* ...
Jørgen Erik Nielsen, 1992
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Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook
0 The poor guy was running at breakneck speed to catch the bus. risk one's neck
to risk physical harm; to risk something like a job or money in order to accomplish
something 0 I'll never risk my neck going mountain climbing. 0 They risked ...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
Get it in the neck—To receive criticism or punishment E.g. Bill got it in the neckfor
being late. Risk one's neck—Do something that could have dangerous
consequences E.g. My boss hates to spend money, but I risked my neck anyway
and ...
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
Weißt du nicht, daß sie bis an den Hals in Schulden stecken, nach dem Kauf des
Mercedes und der Wohnungseinrichtung? den Hals aufs Spiel setzen sal selten
— den/seinen Hals riskieren ' to risk one's lite, to risk one's neck bis über den/bis
...
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Risk one's neck: place one's reputation or life in a risky or dangerous situation. It
was Jerry who risked his neck by pulling you out of the burning vehicle before it
burst into flames. Save one's neck: See, Save. Stick one's neck out/Stick out one's
...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
... itra 5HH i^tcal itre I To risk one's neck— ti *al i To save one's neck — To
escape hanging ; ftfc 5tc$ iw lt«51 i To throw one's neck and crop— fiwts i^al 1 To
tread on the neck— neck, f. i. To stun or kill by striking on the neck ; to puli the
neck of, ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
[Originally a term for a remote community in the woods of the early 19C American
frontier.] a pain in the neck see pain. risk one's neck to do something that puts
one's life, job etc in danger: He was aware that in joining the mountaineering ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
[Originally a term for a remote community in the woods of the early 19C American
frontier.] a pain in the neck see pain. risk one's neck to do something that puts
one's life, job etc in danger: He was aware that in joining the mountaineering ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[Anglo- Saxon hnecca] ♢ get it in the neck colloq to be severely rebuked or
punished, neck and neck said of competitors in a race or election, etc: exactly
level, neck or nothing risking everything, risk one's neck see under RISK, save
one's or ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Mid-1800s] risk 0 In addition to the idiom beginning with RIsK, also see AT RIsK;
CALCULATED RIsK; RUN A RIsK. risk life and limb Also, risk one's neck. Take
dangerous chances, as in There he was on the roof, risking life and limb to
rescue ...
