risk neck



risk one's neck (to do something)

Fig. to accept the risk of physical harm in order to accomplish something. 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.
See also: neck, risk

risk your neck

to do something dangerous We risked our necks to rescue you and all you can say is “Gee whiz”?
See also: neck, risk

risk your neck

to do something very dangerous I'm not going to risk my neck climbing over a twenty-foot wall!
See also: neck, risk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Slavomir-Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Iro-Greek
Yeriyahu-Biblical Hebrew
RyderRIE-dərEnglish (Modern)
Ithamar-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Menashsheh-Biblical Hebrew