brass neck »
A person with gall.
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brass neck »
Gall, shamelessness, cheek.
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brass-neck »
To behave boldly or shamelessly.
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brass-necked »
Nervy; cheeky; shameless.
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breathe down someone's neck »
To follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.
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button-down »
Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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give a sneck posset »
To fasten the door latch.
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give a sneck posset »
To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
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neck and neck »
Very close in progress, as in a race or contest.
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neck of the woods »
A local neighbourhood or region.
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necker's knob »
A knob attached to the steering wheel of an automobile, especially before the widespread availability of power steering, helping the driver steer with one arm and leaving the other arm free to provide romantic attention to a companion.
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necktie party »
An execution by hanging, especially a lynching.
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pain in the neck »
Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
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pencil-neck »
A person with a very thin neck.
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