neck and neck

뜻

exactly level in a competition

경쟁에서 완전히 대등하다.

예문

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.

문법

보통 be, run, finish 뒤에 쓰며, 두 사람이나 두 집단에 대해 말한다. 두 명사 모두 단수로 쓴다.