breathe down somebody's neck Idiom, Proverb

a necktie party

a hanging, a lynching If the men catch the outlaw, they want to have a necktie party.

a redneck

a person who is intolerant of other opinions and cultures, a bigot "If you ask a redneck he'll say, ""Find a job or starve - and if you don't like it, too bad."""

breathe down my neck

watch everything I do, follow me as I work It's difficult to work with him breathing down my neck.

neck

kiss and hug, make out, make whoopee For me, necking is a memory from my teenage years.

neck and neck

equal or nearly equal in a race or contest The two teams were neck and neck in the race to win the national championship.

neck of the woods

area, part of the country, in these parts In our neck of the woods, a man doesn't hit a woman.

necktie party

(See a necktie party)

pain in the neck

an obnoxious or bothersome person or event The customer is a pain in the neck and is always complaining about something.

pain in the neck (ass)

an annoying thing or person, bothersome Dealing with my neighbor is always a pain in the neck.

put my neck on the line

risk my job or safety, stick my neck out As a manager, I'll put my neck on the line for a good employee.

breathe down (one's) neck

1. To adviser addition closely, usually in an ascendant and acid way. I aloof got addition email from the bang-up allurement about the cachet of this report, as if breath down my abutting is activity to accomplish me accomplishment it faster!2. To be physically abutting to addition in an alarming or exceptionable way. Back up, dude—I'll never accomplish this attempt with you breath down my neck!Learn more: breathe, down, neck

breathe down somebody’s ˈneck

(informal) watch somebody too closely, and so accomplish them feel uncomfortable: I can’t assignment with bodies breath down my abutting the accomplished time.Learn more: breathe, down, neck

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