Idiom: Break Someone's Neck (meaning & Examples) - Oyster English

Idiom:  break someone’s neck

Meaning 

Idiom:  break someone’s neck

1. to make a huge effort, to try very hard
2. used to warn or threaten to hurt someone

Example sentences

— Our director broke her neck finishing the report over the weekend.

— I break my neck trying to keep this house clean and you come home and make a mess every day.

— We broke our neck driving through traffic to get here and you're not even ready.

— Don't break your neck working in the yard. I'll help out later.

— My mom broke her neck cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 14 guests plus our family.

— I'm an accountant so I break my neck at tax time.

— If you call my daughter again, I'll break your neck.

— My sister got a restraining order against her husband after he said he'd break her neck.

— Your son has been suspended for threatening to break his math teacher's neck.

— Say another word about my girlfriend and I swear I'll break your neck.

— I'm going to break my neighbor's neck if he doesn't turn his music down.

Synonyms

To try very hard

• bust a gut
• spare no effort
• go all out
• go for broke
• go extra mile
• pull out all the stops

To threaten to harm someone

• show one's teeth
• to knock someone's block off
• if someone's not careful

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