| 单词 | be breathing down somebody's neck |
| 释义 | be breathing down somebody's neckbe breathing down somebody's neck informalATTENTION to pay very close attention to what someone is doing, in a way that makes them feel nervous or annoyed 紧盯某人；严密监视某人 How can I concentrate with you breathing down my neck all the time? 你总是这样盯着我，我怎么能集中注意力？ Examples from the Corpus be breathing down somebody’s neck• I'm already really busy today, and now Paul's breathing down my neck saying he wants the Paris deal completed.• I can't work with you breathing down my neck.• We'd better start sending out those letters soon -- I've had the sales manager breathing down my neck about it all week.• Labour and the Liberal Democrats are breathing down his neck.• Maybe the Assistant Commissioner's wife was breathing down Maxham's neck.• The staff is breathing down your neck.• He would be breathing down your neck all the time. → be breathing down somebody’s neck at breathe(3) |
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