break neck

同根派生

And it does stop when, seconds later, the vines snatch him--like a twitching fish on a line--from what would surely have been a broken neck.
几秒钟后藤条往上把他拉紧时，我的心真的停止了跳动：他就像一条在钓鱼线上抽搐的鱼，若没有藤条他必然会摔得粉身碎骨。
Be careful. Do not break your neck!
当心。别弄折了你的脖子！
Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.
法科尔早已命丧黄泉，他顶着折断脖子的身体在枭河桥梁下缓缓地晃来晃去。
You'll break your neck if you fall off the roof.
你要是从屋顶上跌下来会摔死的。
When Judy Siegle was eighteen years old, she had a horrible accident. The car crash left her with a broken neck, facing life in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic.
十八岁那年施祖狄因交通意外,变成终生四肢麻痹,要在轮椅上度馀生。