break one's neck
Example Sentences
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"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)
I'm making you a great deal of trouble," she said as she slowly descended the rickety steps, "but one might easily break one's neck here.
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
It should have a good prism eyepiece with an angle tube attached so it would not be necessary to break one's neck in reading high altitudes.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore
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
That is bad sport, that riding, especially when one mounts such a beast as that, which stumbles and throws one off so as to nearly break one's neck.
From Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
