neck and neck

意味

exactly level in a competition

競争で互角の状態である.

例文

1. 1With a day to go, the two candidates for class president are neck and neck.
2. 2Mia and her brother were neck and neck in the spelling contest until the very last word.
3. 3Both bakeries have sold exactly three hundred pies, so they're neck and neck with an hour left.
4. 4Who's winning the charity quiz? Last I heard, the two tables were neck and neck.
5. 5In the latest survey, cycling and walking are neck and neck as the most popular way to get to work.

文法

通常 be、run、finish の後に置き、2人または2つのグループについて使う。どちらの名詞も単数のまま