break one's neck

Idioms  

1. see under break one's back.

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Example Sentences

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

From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb

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

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

"But one can break one's neck," said the miller, "you look as though you would do so some day, you are so daring!"

From The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by Fuller, Fanny

Denis shambled in the rear, vainly exhorting everyone to caution: the slope was steep, one might break one's neck.

From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous

Compared with the Rockies of 1871, the sense of wildness had vanished; one saw no possible adventures except to break one's neck as in chasing an aniseed fox.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry

Related Words

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