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Stick Your Neck Out

To willfully take up or invite criticism, to be bold enough to take risk or danger

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  • This is considered a modern phrase. It actually originated in America recently in the 20th century. The phrase has a background idea or image when a chicken or Turkey is about to get chopped on a chopping board, it projects its neck out. The writer of this phrase keeping in mind this view has presented this phrase. Now anybody who is courageous to take any risk is said to sticking his neck out.
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The current leader is so cruel that anybody who sticks out his neck for his rights in front of him has to pay for it.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

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kiinni kaulasi ulos

se mouiller (littéralement: mettre son cou dehors)

首を突き出す

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