neck and neck

Nghĩa

exactly level in a competition

Ngang nhau trong một cuộc thi.

Ví dụ

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.

Ngữ pháp

Thường đứng sau be, run hoặc finish, nói về hai người hoặc hai nhóm. Cả hai danh từ đều ở số ít.