英语常用的pick短语（关于颈脖neck的经典地道的10个英语表达法）

英语常用的pick短语（关于颈脖neck的经典地道的10个英语表达法）He is probably up to his neck in debt.我们债务累累。在那场篮球赛中中国队险胜日本队。2. be up to your neck in sth深陷于；忙于应付We're up to our neck in debt.

1.win by a neck 险胜

Cee En Cee went on to win by a neck from Leigh Crofter.

西恩西再次以微弱优势战胜莉·克罗夫特。

In the basketball game China beat the Japanese by a neck.

在那场篮球赛中中国队险胜日本队。

2. be up to your neck in sth深陷于；忙于应付

We're up to our neck in debt.

我们债务累累。

He is probably up to his neck in debt.

他很有可能债务缠身。

They are up to their neck in the war.

他们现在已经深深陷于战争之中。

We're up to our eyes in work.

我们工作忙得不可开交。

We're up to our ears in work.

我们工作忙得不可开交。

3. stick your neck out（说话或做事）冒险

He was a nice doctor but a weak man who wasn't going to stick his neck out

他是位为人和蔼的医生，但胆小怕事，不敢冒什么风险。

During my political life I've earned myself a reputation as someone who'll stick his neck out a bit of a rebel.

我在政治生涯中敢冒风险、有点叛逆是小有名气的。

4. neck and neck (with sb/sth) （比赛中）势均力敌，不分上下，平手

(尤指选举中)并驾齐驱，难分高低，旗鼓相当，不相上下，难分伯仲

The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck

最近的一次民意测验显示两个主要政党难分高下。

On day one of the election campaign the National and Liberal Party leaders were neck and neck.

从竞选活动的第一天起，国家党和自由党的领导人就难分高下。

I mean to catch up him to and come neck and neck into the winning post.

我决心追上他，和他齐头并进，去夺取胜利。

The two athletes ran neck and neck until the finish line.

那两名运动员到终点都跑得不相上下。

5. get it in the neck受到严厉责骂；受重罚

Students get it in the neck when they lose library books.

学生遗失图书馆的书会挨罚的。

6. have the brass neck（nerve） to do恣意妄为大胆做某事；自以为是；傲慢无理做某事

I didn't think she would have the brass neck to do that.

我本以为她不会胆大妄为地去做了那件事。

7. bow the neck to sb向……屈服

We can never bow the neck to any invaders of our country.

我们不能向入侵者屈服。

8. a pain in the neck讨厌鬼，烦心事（英国英语亦用a pain in the backside等，美国英语亦用a pain in the ass a pain in the butt等，但多数人认为具冒犯意味）

Don't tell me Christopher is coming wherever he goes he's a pain in the neck.

不要告诉我克里斯托夫要来，不管他到哪里，他总是个令人讨厌的家伙。

This whole thing has been a pain in the neck!

整件事都让人讨厌！

My job is a pain in the neck.

我的工作令人讨厌。

You are a pain in the neck to everybody.

人人见了你都会觉得烦。

She really is a pain in the neck.

她真是个讨厌的人。

Isn't it a pain in the neck when the bus is late?

公共汽车误点不是很痛苦吗？

9.neck or nothing不顾一切去冒险；孤注一掷；拼命地

I’ll have a try though it’s neck or nothing.

我要试试，尽管这是孤注一掷。

She drives neck or nothing to get there on time.

她拼命开车以准时赶到那里。

10.put one’s neck on the line 冒极大的风险

I put my neck on the line for what I thought was the right thing to do.

我以项上人头捍卫那些我认为是正确的事情。

You have to take some risks to be successful in business and in life but don’t put your neck on the line for no good reason.

为了在商业和生活中取得成功，你必须承担一些风险，但是不要无缘无故地冒险。