There's a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line.
No one wants to put their neck on the line and predict an outcome.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
put your neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… … New idioms dictionary
put your neck on the line — phrase to do something dangerous or something that you could suffer for I put my neck on the line for you, and you don’t even care! Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: neck … Useful english dictionary
put my neck on the line — risk my job or safety, stick my neck out As a manager, I ll put my neck on the line for a good employee … English idioms
put your neck on the line — to do something dangerous or something that you could suffer for I put my neck on the line for you, and you don t even care! … English dictionary
neck — neck1 [ nek ] noun count *** 1. ) the part of the body that joins the head to the rest of the body: The three winners had medals placed around their necks. The tight collar pinched his neck. a ) the part of a piece of clothing that touches or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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neck — I UK [nek] / US noun Word forms neck : singular neck plural necks *** 1) a) [countable] the part of the body that joins the head to the rest of the body The three winners had medals placed round their necks. The tight collar pinched his neck. b)… … English dictionary
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