save neck

save somebody's neck

to prevent something bad from happening to someone You really saved my neck. I'd have been in so much trouble if you'd told him the truth.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Downing	[dauniŋ]
Durham	['dʌrəm]
Jaala	-	Biblical
Wigstan	-	Anglo-Saxon
Apollinaris	-	Ancient Greek
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic