What does neck and neck mean?
Idiom Meaning:
very close together or at equal level
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
This Is Us “Jack Pearson’s Son” (2017)
Time of Scene:
Randall: So right now Travis Bauman and I are neck and neck to finish first place in our class. But if I don’t get an “A” on my “Hamlet” essay…
Kevin: Hey, I will write that “Hamlet” essay for you if you stop telling me this story. Come on, man, it’s Valentine’s Day. Go on a date. Kate, do we know someone desperate enough to go on a date with Randall?
Kate: Randall, ignore him. He thinks he walks on water now because he’s having sex with Sophie.
Rebecca: What? You’re having sex?
Kevin: I disown you. You are de-twinned.
Kate: Kevin…
Rebecca: Hold on. No, no, we should have a…
Kevin: We are not talking about this!
Rebecca: Guys, did you know about this?
Randall: Honestly, I just assumed. I got to work on my paper.
Kate: Bye.
Castle “Need to Know” (2013)
Time of Scene:
Richard Castle: Captain Gates, I just want to say I appreciate what you did for me back there.
Captain Victoria Gates: I did not do it for you, Mr. Castle. I just don’t care for Agent McCord running roughshod in my precinct.
Richard Castle: Well, then, thank you for being more upset with her than you are with me.
Captain Victoria Gates: The two of you are running neck and neck. Don’t push it.
Richard Castle: Right.
You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown (1979)
Time of Scene:
Lucy van Pelt: I don’t believe it. After the first five events, you’re in third place, Charlie Brown.
Charlie Brown: What’s so good about that?
Lucy van Pelt: I thought you’d be dead last.
Charlie Brown: Who was last?
Lucy van Pelt: The Masked Marvel. Freddie Fabulous from Fremont and Marcie are neck and neck for first.
Patricia “Peppermint Patty” Reichardt: You did okay, Chuck, and so did our team. In fact, if you can win the decathlon tomorrow, we might win the whole junior olympics.
Lucy van Pelt: Good grief! The whole world must be coming to an end.
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