N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[neck]
See:
[BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK],
[BREAK ONE'S NECK],
[CATCH IT IN THE NECK] or
[GET IT IN THE NECK],
[PAIN IN THE NECK],
[SAVE ONE'S NECK],
[STICK ONE'S NECK OUT].
[neck and neck] {adj. or adv.}, {informal}
Equal or nearly equal in a race or contest; abreast; tied.
At the end of the race the two horses were neck and neck.
For months John and Harry seemed to be neck and neck in Alice's favor.
Compare: […]
[neck of the woods] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity.
We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall.
We were down in your neck of the woods last week.
[necktie party] {n.}, {slang}
A hanging by a mob; lynching.
Cattle thieves were stealing the rancher's cattle, but the cowboys caught them and had a necktie party.
Compare: [STRING UP].
[needle in a haystack] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Something that will be very hard to find.
"I lost my class ring somewhere in the front yard," said June. Jim answered, "Too bad. That will be like finding a needle in a haystack."
[neither fish nor fowl] also [neither fish, flesh, nor fowl]
Something or someone that does not belong to a definite group or known class; a strange person or thing; someone or something odd or hard to understand.
* /The man is neither fish nor fowl; […]