break one's neck 拼命努力
【讲解】
breakone’s neck直译为“折断脖子,折颈而死”,由此该习语引申为“拼命努力”。
【对话】
A:I am exhausted these days.
A: 这些天我都快累死了。
B: What are you doing?
B:你在做什么?
A: I broke my neck in preparing for the final exams. Sometimes I had to burn the midnight oil.
A:我拼命复习,准备期末考试。有时还得熬夜。
B: If you have worked hard at usual time, you needn’t stay up now.
B:如果你平时努力学习的话,现在就不用这样了。