neck1
/nek/Translation
n [c]
Véase tb: by the scruff of the neck; crew neck; polo neck; roll neck; to be a pain in the neck; to breathe down sb's neck; to risk {life and limb/one's neck}; to save sb's {bacon/neck}› (de una persona)
⇨ cuello
›
⇨ pescuezo
› (de una prenda de vestir)
⇨ cuello
a V-neck pullover un jersey con cuello de pico
neck and neck
⇨ a la par
The two boats are neck and neck Los dos barcos van a la par
to be up to one's neck in sth
⇨ estar metido,da en algo hasta el cuello col.
to get it in the neck UK (inform)
⇨ recibir un rapapolvo col.
to save one's neck
⇨ salvar el pellejo col.
(Definition of neck n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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