Neck

You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 28.

National Card Playing Day

Today’s word is neck, spelled n-e-c-k.

neck /nek/ noun

be up to your neck in something idiom

deeply involved in or affected by (something)

She's up to her neck in work.

He's up to his neck in debt.

breathe down someone's neck idiom

to watch someone carefully and constantly

His parents are always breathing down his neck.

I can't work with you breathing down my neck.

neck of the woods noun phrase informal

the place or area where someone lives

He's from my neck of the woods.

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

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