break one's neck
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t do, either, to break one’s neck being over zealous.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
"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
It's stupid, what with those endless trees and moss everywhere and broken statues, and holes in which one might break one's neck at every step.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
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
"One might break one's neck if one were careless," he continued in a musing tone.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
