break one's neck
Example Sentences
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Compared with the Rockies of 1871, the sense of wildness had vanished; one saw no possible adventures except to break one's neck as in chasing an aniseed fox.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry
Instead, there were solemn pines and hemlocks, and as he entered deeper, great caverns appeared in the rocks and narrow gulleys, into which one might easily fall and break one's neck.
From The Magic Soap Bubble by Jones, E. I.
"But one can break one's neck," said the miller, "you look as though you would do so some day, you are so daring!"
From The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by Fuller, Fanny
To my mind the injunction sounded very like forbidding one to break one's neck.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
On the way home, when the newly-created angel is hastening heavenward, one may break one's neck.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
