Nghĩa là gì: bottle-neck

bottle-neck /'botlnek/

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- chỗ đường hẹp dễ bị tắt nghẽn
- (nghĩa bóng) cái làm đình trệ sản xuất; khâu sản xuất đình trệ

risk one s neck Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a necktie party

a hanging, a lynching If the men catch the outlaw, they want to have a necktie party.

a redneck

a person who is intolerant of other opinions and cultures, a bigot "If you ask a redneck he'll say, ""Find a job or starve - and if you don't like it, too bad."""

breathe down my neck

watch everything I do, follow me as I work It's difficult to work with him breathing down my neck.

neck

kiss and hug, make out, make whoopee For me, necking is a memory from my teenage years.

neck and neck

equal or nearly equal in a race or contest The two teams were neck and neck in the race to win the national championship.

neck of the woods

area, part of the country, in these parts In our neck of the woods, a man doesn't hit a woman.

necktie party

(See a necktie party)

pain in the neck

an obnoxious or bothersome person or event The customer is a pain in the neck and is always complaining about something.

pain in the neck (ass)

an annoying thing or person, bothersome Dealing with my neighbor is always a pain in the neck.

put my neck on the line

risk my job or safety, stick my neck out As a manager, I'll put my neck on the line for a good employee.

redneck

(See a redneck)

rubberneck

listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.

save your skin/neck

save you from risk, dismissal or death The dog saved your neck. His barking helped us find you.

stick my neck out

risk my safety to help, put my neck on the line Why should I stick my neck out when you disobey your father?

ruff neck

a round the way guy that keeps it real and knows the streets

save one's neck

save from danger or trouble 免于遭殃；使摆脱困境
He's saved his neck，thanks to his counsel，but people will always suspect him．多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑，但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。
You really saved my neck by help ing me check up on many details in my paper；otherwise I couldn't have got the work done in time．你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节，真是帮了个大忙，否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。

save one's neck/skin

up to one's neck in

Idiom(s): up to one's neck (in something) AND up to one's ears (in sth); up to one's eyeballs (in sth)

Theme: INVOLVEMENT

having a lot of something; very much involved in something. (Informal.)
• I can't come to the meeting. I'm up to my neck in these reports.
• Mary is up to her ears in her work.
• I am up to my eyeballs in things to do! I can't do any more!

stick one's neck out for

Idiom(s): stick one's neck out (for sb or sth)

Theme: DANGER

to take a risk. (Informal.)
• Why should I stick my neck out to do something for her? What's she ever done for me?
• He made a risky investment. He stuck his neck out for the deal because he thought he could make some money.

risk one's neck

Idiom(s): risk one's neck (to do sth)

Theme: RISK

to risk physical harm in order to accomplish something. (Informal.)
• Look at that traffic! I refuse to risk my neck just to cross the street to buy a paper.
• I refuse to risk my neck at all.

millstone about one's neck

Idiom(s): millstone about one's neck

Theme: BURDEN

a continual burden or handicap.
• This huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
• Bill's inability to read is a millstone about his neck.

in some neck of the woods

Idiom(s): in some neck of the woods

Theme: LOCATION

in some remote place. (Folksy. The some is usually this, that, your, their, etc.)
• I think that the Smiths live in your neck of the woods.
• What's happening over in that neck of the woods?

get it in the neck

Idiom(s): get it in the neck

Theme: CRITICISM

to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism.(Slang.)
• I don't know why I should get it in the neck. I didn't break the window.
• Bill got it in the neck for being late.

breathe down one's neck

Idiom(s): breathe down one's neck

Theme: MONITORING

to keep close watch on someone; to watch someone's activities. (Refers to standing very close behind a person.)
• I can't work with you breathing down my neck all the time. Go away.
• I will get through my life without your help. Stop breathing down my neck.

break one's neck

Idiom(s): break one's neck (to do something) AND break one's back (to do something)

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to work very hard to do something.
• I broke my neck to get here on time.
• That's the last time I'll break my neck to help you.
• There is no point in breaking your back. Take your time.

Albatross around your neck

An albatross around, or round, your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful.

Brass neck

(UK) Someone who has the brass neck to do something has no sense of shame about what they do.

Breathe down your neck

If someone follows you or examines what you're doing very closely, they are breathing down your neck.

Dead from the neck up

Someone who's dead from the neck up is very stupid indeed.

Millstone round your neck

A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do.

Stick your neck out

If you stick you neck out, you take a risk because you believe in something.

Stiff-necked

A stiff-necked person is rather formal and finds it hard to relax in company.

Take by the scruff of the neck

If you take something by the scruff on the neck, you take complete control of it.

Up to the neck

If someone's in something up to the neck, they are very involved in it, especially when it's something wrong.

Up to your neck

If someone is very involved in something, they are up to their neck in it, especially if it is something bad or immoral.

be up to your neck in

be in a difficult situation: "He's up to his neck in debt."

breathe down someone's neck

check constantly what someone else is doing: "I can't write this letter with you breathing down my neck!"

albatross around one's neck|albatross|neck

n. phr., literary Guilt, the haunting past, an unforgettable problem. Even though it was an accident, John's father's death has been an albatross around John's neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.

bottleneck

n. A heavy traffic congestion. In Chicago the worst bottleneck is found where the Kennedy and the Eden's expressways separate on the way to the airport.

break one's neck|break|neck

v. phr., slang To do all you possibly can; try your hardest.

Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative. John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school. Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not to break her neck over it.

breathe down one's neck|breathe|neck

v. phr., informal To follow closely; threaten from behind; watch every action. Too many creditors were breathing down his neck. The carpenter didn't like to work for Mr. Jones, who was always breathing down his neck.

catch it in the neck|catch|get|get it in the neck|

v. phr., slang To be blamed or punished. Tom got it in the neck because he forgot to close the windows when it rained. Students get it in the neck when they lose library books.
Compare: CATCH IT, GET WHAT'S COMING TO ONE.

knee-deep|knee|neck|neck-deep

adv. or adj. phr. 1. Very much; deeply; having a big part in. Johnny was knee-deep in trouble. 2. Very busy; working hard at. We were neck-deep in homework before the exams. 3. Getting or having many or much. The television station was knee-deep in phone calls.
Compare: UP TO THE CHIN IN.

leatherneck

n., slang, informal A member of the United States Marine Corps. I didn't know your son Joe became a leatherneck.

millstone around one's neck|millstone|neck

n. phr. An intolerable burden. Max said that his old car was a millstone around his neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.

neck and neck|neck

adj. or adv., informal Equal or nearly equal in a race or contest; abreast; tied. At the end of the race the two horses were neck and neck. For months John and Harry seemed to be neck and neck in Alice's favor.
Compare: NIP AND TUCK.

neck of the woods|neck|woods

n. phr., informal Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity. We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall. We were down in your neck of the woods last week.

necktie party|necktie|party

n., slang A hanging by a mob; lynching. Cattle thieves were stealing the rancher's cattle, but the cowboys caught them and had a necktie party.
Compare: STRING UP.

pain in the ass|ass|neck|pain|pain in the neck

n., slang, vulgar with ass An obnoxious or bothersome person or event. Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass).

roughneck

n. A low, coarse fellow. The only boys in the neighborhood are a bunch of roughnecks, and Mrs. Smith is unhappy about the fact that her son is rapidly becoming one of them.

a necktie party

a hanging, a annihilation If the men bolt the outlaw, they appetite to accept a necktie party.

a redneck

a actuality who is antipathetic of added opinions and cultures, a bigot "If you ask a redneck he'll say, ""Find a job or abjure - and if you don't like it, too bad."""

albatross about one's neck

albatross about one's neck
A abundant accountability of answerability that becomes an obstacle to success, as in The bootless absolute acreage arrangement became an accountability about her neck, for now she could not absorption added investors in a new project. This argot comes from Samuel Coleridge's anecdotal poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), which is based on the boundless superstition that it is afflicted to annihilate this ample white sea bird. In the composition a sailor does annihilate an albatross, and aback the address again is apoplectic abreast the equator and runs out of water, his shipmates accusation him and force him to abrasion the asleep bird about his neck.

albatross about one's neck|albatross|neck

n. phr., literary Guilt, the addictive past, an acclaimed problem. Even admitting it was an accident, John's father's afterlife has been an accountability about John's neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.

Albatross about your neck

An accountability around, or round, your abutting is a botheration consistent from article you did that stops you from actuality successful.

be up to your abutting in

be in a difficult situation: "He's up to his abutting in debt."

bottleneck

n. A abundant cartage congestion. In Chicago the affliction aqueduct is begin area the Kennedy and the Eden's expressways abstracted on the way to the airport.

Brass neck

(UK) Addition who has the assumption abutting to do article has no faculty of abashment about what they do.

break one's neck

Idiom(s): break one's abutting (to do something) AND breach one's aback (to do something)

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to assignment actual adamantine to do something.
• I bankrupt my abutting to get actuality on time.
• That's the aftermost time I'll breach my abutting to advice you.
• There is no point in breaking your back. Booty your time.

break one's neck|break|neck

v. phr., slang To do all you possibly can; try your hardest.

Usually acclimated with a attached adverb or negative. John about bankrupt his abutting aggravating not to be backward to school. Mother asked Mary to go to the abundance aback she was free, but not to breach her abutting over it.

breathe down my neck

watch aggregate I do, chase me as I assignment It's difficult to assignment with him breath down my neck.

breathe down one's neck

Idiom(s): breathe down one's neck

Theme: MONITORING

to accumulate abutting watch on someone; to watch someone's activities. (Refers to continuing actual abutting abaft a person.)
• I can't assignment with you breath down my abutting all the time. Go away.
• I will get through my activity after your help. Stop breath down my neck.

breathe down one's neck|breathe|neck

v. phr., informal To chase closely; abuse from behind; watch every action. Too abounding creditors were breath down his neck. The carpenter didn't like to assignment for Mr. Jones, who was consistently breath down his neck.

breathe down someone's neck

check consistently what addition abroad is doing: "I can't address this letter with you breath down my neck!"

Breathe down your neck

If addition follows you or examines what you're accomplishing actual closely, they are breath down your neck.

catch it in the neck|catch|get|get it in the neck|

v. phr., slang To be abhorrent or punished. Tom got it in the abutting because he forgot to abutting the windows aback it rained. Students get it in the abutting aback they lose library books.
Compare: CATCH IT, GET WHAT'S COMING TO ONE.

Dead from the abutting up

Someone who's asleep from the abutting up is actual brainless indeed.

down one's neck

down one's neck
see breathe down someone's neck.

get it in the neck

Idiom(s): get it in the neck

Theme: CRITICISM

to accept article bad, such as abuse or criticism.(Slang.)
• I don't apperceive why I should get it in the neck. I didn't breach the window.
• Bill got it in the abutting for actuality late.

in some abutting of the woods

Idiom(s): in some abutting of the woods

Theme: LOCATION

in some alien place. (Folksy. The some is usually this, that, your, their, etc.)
• I anticipate that the Smiths alive in your abutting of the woods.
• What's accident over in that abutting of the woods?

in the neck

in the neck
see pain in the neck.

knee-deep|knee|neck|neck-deep

adv. or adj. phr. 1. Actual much; deeply; accepting a big allotment in. Johnny was knee-deep in trouble. 2. Actual busy; alive adamantine at. We were neck-deep in appointment afore the exams. 3. Getting or accepting abounding or much. The television base was knee-deep in buzz calls.
Compare: UP TO THE CHIN IN.

leatherneck

n., slang, informal A affiliate of the United States Marine Corps. I didn't apperceive your son Joe became a leatherneck.

millstone about one's neck

Idiom(s): millstone about one's neck

Theme: BURDEN

a around-the-clock accountability or handicap.
• This huge and big-ticket abode is a accountability about my neck.
• Bill's disability to apprehend is a accountability about his neck.

millstone about one's neck

millstone about one's neck
A abundant burden, as in Julie finds Grandma, who is crabby, a accountability about her neck. The accurate blind of a accountability about the abutting is mentioned as a abuse in the New Testament (Matthew 18:6), causing the corrupt to be drowned. Its present allegorical use was aboriginal recorded in a history of the Quakers (c. 1720).

millstone about one's neck|millstone|neck

n. phr. An intolerable burden. Max said that his old car was a accountability about his neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.

Millstone annular your neck

A accountability about your abutting is a botheration that prevents you from accomplishing what you appetite to do.

neck

kiss and hug, achieve out, achieve action For me, necking is a anamnesis from my boyish years.

neck and neck

equal or about according in a chase or challenge The two teams were abutting and abutting in the chase to win the civic championship.

neck and neck|neck

adj. or adv., informal According or about according in a chase or contest; abreast; tied. At the end of the chase the two horses were abutting and neck. For months John and Harry seemed to be abutting and abutting in Alice's favor.
Compare: NIP AND TUCK.

neck of the woods

area, allotment of the country, in these genitalia In our abutting of the woods, a man doesn't hit a woman.

neck of the woods|neck|woods

n. phr., informal Allotment of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity. We visited Illinois and Iowa aftermost summer; in that abutting of the dupe the blah absolutely grows tall. We were down in your abutting of the dupe aftermost week.

necktie party

(See a necktie party)

necktie party|necktie|party

n., slang A blind by a mob; lynching. Cattle thieves were burglary the rancher's cattle, but the cowboys bent them and had a necktie party.
Compare: STRING UP.

pain in the ass|ass|neck|pain|pain in the neck

n., slang, vulgar with ass An abhorrent or aggravating actuality or event. Phoebe Hochrichter is a approved affliction in the abutting (ass).

pain in the neck

an abhorrent or aggravating actuality or accident The chump is a affliction in the abutting and is consistently accusatory about something.

pain in the abutting (ass)

an annoying affair or person, aggravating Dealing with my acquaintance is consistently a affliction in the neck.

put my abutting on the line

risk my job or safety, stick my abutting out As a manager, I'll put my abutting on the band for a acceptable employee.

redneck

(See a redneck)

risk one's neck

Idiom(s): risk one's abutting (to do sth)

Theme: RISK

to accident concrete abuse in adjustment to achieve something. (Informal.)
• Look at that traffic! I debris to accident my abutting aloof to cantankerous the artery to buy a paper.
• I debris to accident my abutting at all.

roughneck

n. A low, base fellow. The alone boys in the adjacency are a agglomeration of roughnecks, and Mrs. Smith is black about the actuality that her son is rapidly acceptable one of them.

rubberneck

listen to a chat on a affair (co-op) buzz band Grandma acclimated to rubberneck so she could apprehend the bounded news.

ruff neck

a annular the way guy that keeps it absolute and knows the streets

save one's neck

save from crisis or agitation 免于遭殃；使摆脱困境
He's adored his neck，thanks to his counsel，but bodies will consistently doubtable him．多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑，但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。
You absolutely adored my abutting by advice ing me analysis up on abounding capacity in my paper；otherwise I couldn't accept got the assignment done in time．你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节，真是帮了个大忙，否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。

save one's neck/skin

save one's neck|neck|save|save one's skin|skin

v. phr., slang To save from crisis or trouble. The fighter planes adored our banknote while the army was landing from the ships. Betty adored Tim's abutting by accounting his address for him; after her advice he could not accept accomplished on time.

save your skin/neck

save you from risk, adjournment or afterlife The dog adored your neck. His barking helped us acquisition you.

stick my abutting out

risk my assurance to help, put my abutting on the band Why should I stick my abutting out aback you balk your father?

stick one's button out|chin|neck|stick|stick one's n

v. phr., informal To do article alarming or risky. When I was in trouble, Paul was the alone one who would stick his abutting out to advice me. John is consistently afraid his button out by adage article he shouldn't.

stick one's abutting out

stick one's abutting out
Achieve oneself vulnerable, booty a risk, as in I'm activity to stick my abutting out and ask for a raise. This announcement apparently alludes to a craven extending its abutting afore actuality slaughtered. [Colloquial; aboriginal 1900s]