Necks

We almost broke our necks trying to meet the quota.

Some people are up to their necks in debt.

The sun beat down on our necks and backs.

Throwing knives were stuck deep into the men's necks.

Giraffes have very long necks.

You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.

The water came up to our necks.

They cannot allow themselves to buy a new car. They're up to their necks in debt.

Had the elephant and the giraffe not had common ancestors, how might one possibly have observed that they had an exactly equal number of vertebrae in their necks?

The girls wore grass skirts and had flowers around their necks.