down one's neck
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It was not easy, especially with DeCastros breathing down one's neck.
From The Marooner by Summers, Leo
Macintoshes were a vanity, for the water rushed down one's neck, and every crease made itself into a conduit carrying the stream among one's inner garments.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
The black flies are smaller, and the first intimation one has of their attack is a small stream of blood trickling down one's neck from behind the ear.
From A Trip to Manitoba by FitzGibbon, Mary
It doesn't trickle down one's neck now, does it, Hosy.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
A sturdy, red-faced Englishman, sitting next me, grinned cheerfully and observed: "Trickles down one's neck a bit, doesn't it, sir."
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
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