| 单词 | to breathe down neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck P17. to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck: to be overbearingly close behind (someone); (figurative) to keep a close or oppressive watch upon (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) vii. 97 There were big black moths in the wardrobe; not to mention a beastly big mountain breathing down the back of your neck. 1959 Times 19 May 5/5 Because Kent were always breathing down their necks, Hampshire could never really establish themselves. 1965 J. Porter Dover Two xi. 141 MacGregor rushed..away, delighted to be able to pursue his own line of investigation and..not to have Dover breathing down his neck all the time. 1973 Times 24 Apr. 11/7 Shakespeare..gives the troupe a chance to try something new without the Academie breathing down its neck. 1989 EuroBusiness Jan. 51/2 With the International Monetary Fund breathing down its neck, Mr Nemeth's government is trying hard to come close to its target. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing i. 23 Of course I'm nervous. I've got half a dozen policemen breathing down my neck. < as lemmas |
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