dislocate or seriously damage a vertebra or the spinal cord in one's neck
折断脖子
(break one's neck to do something)(informal)exert oneself to the utmost to achieve something
(非正式)拼命做
(informal)be severely criticized or punished
(非正式)受到严厉谴责（或惩罚）
(informal)have the impudence or nerve to do something
(非正式)厚着脸皮做某事
level in a race, competition, or comparison
并驾齐驱；不相上下
(informal)a particular area or locality
(非正式)地带；地段
fancy seeing her in this neck of the woods.
想不到在树林这里看到她。
(informal)heavily, deeply, or busily involved in
(非正式)深深陷入（或卷入）
they were up to their necks in debt.
他们债台高筑。
I'm up to my neck in rearranging the match.
我一心忙于重新安排这场比赛。