neck and crop

neck and crop
1) быстро, стремительно

...Grout bowled neck and crop, and Simpson lasted but six minutes at the crease. (‘Daily Worker’) — ...Граут с такой быстротой подавал мяч, что Симпсон продержался всего шесть минут.

2) не церемонясь; с применением физической силы

Practically I have been thrown out, neck and crop. All my luggage is lost. (H. G. Wells, ‘Mr. Britling Sees It Through’, book II, ch. I) — Меня фактически выгнали в три шеи. Весь мой багаж потерян.

Don't you realise that he'll pick them up and throw them out of here, neck and crop... (U. Sinclair, ‘King Coal’, book IV, ch. 12) — Разве ты не понимаешь, что Питер Харриган возьмет и в два счета выгонит всех вон отсюда...

3) совсем, совершенно, полностью, основательно (тж. neck and heels)

Well! Mrs. Boffin has carried the day, and we're going in neck and crop for Fashion. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Our Mutual Friend’, book I, ch. XV) — Так вот, миссис Боффин одержала верх, и в новом доме все у нас будет по самой последней моде.

...I now go heart and soul, neck and heels, with Fred in all his schemes about little Nelly, and right glad he'll be to find me so strong upon it. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. VIII) — ...теперь я всей душой отдался осуществлению планов Фреда в отношении маленькой Нелли, и он останется доволен моим рвением.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • Neck and crop — Crop Crop (kr[o^]p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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