break one's neck

Idioms and Phrases

see under break one's back .

Example Sentences

"One might break one's neck if one were careless," he continued in a musing tone.

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It is easy to mount the ladder, but the question is not to break one's neck.'

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On the way home, when the newly-created angel is hastening heavenward, one may break one's neck.

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He would relieve his feelings by undertaking some desperate feat—thank Heaven, it was always easy to break one’s neck.

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Since night had come it was easy to break one's neck.

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Related Words

• cope
• seek
• strive
• tackle
• toil
• try