Break the neck of…攻破難關；完成最難干的部分
Now we have broken the neck

Up to one’s neck in…深深陷入……，深深卷入……
He’s been up to his neck in his work, we must let him take it easy or he’ll go to pieces.

Look for a needle in a bundle of hay大海撈針
You want me to look your watch on the slopes? That’s to look for a needle in a bundle of hay.

Get on someone’s nerves使某人心煩意亂
Don’t get on her nerves! She has been troubled with too many things.

Foul one’s own nest說自家人的壞話，家丑外揚
I can’t understand why she would foul her own nest. What good does she get out of it?

Stir up a nest of hornets捅馬蜂窩；自找麻煩
Joe has stirred up a nest of hornets: he sold some financial secrets to those who had planned to get goods on his crimes.

More nice than wise死要面子活受罪
Nobody had expected you to cook such a big dinner and the food you had prepared was enough to feed an army. You were simply more nice than wise.

A nice days’ wonder一閃即失的人或物
This film is no more than a nice days’ wonder. It will disappear into yhin air soon.

Nip something in the bud消除隱患
We must nit this sort of crimes in the bud, or we are to leave a thin edge for future trouble

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