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首が回らない首がまわらない
くびがまわらない
1. [exp] [id]
▶ being over one's head (in debt, etc.)
▶ being up to one's neck (in debt)
2. [exp]
▶ being unable to turn one's head



History:
8. A 2020-12-09 10:43:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Thanks, Jim. There are 4 sentences, all indexed to 借金で首が回らない, which was the predecessor of this entry. We should have reindexed them. I'll do that now.
7. A* 2020-12-09 05:15:05  Jim Rose <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
There are sentences:  Tatoeba has
彼は今借金で首が回らない。
He is deeply in debt now.
And also
彼は借金で首が回らなくなり、家を手放さざるえなかった。
He was deep in debt, and had to part with his house.
6. A 2019-05-15 01:43:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
首が回らない	18393
首が回らぬ	134
  Comments:
Possibly not, but it's been there a while.
5. A* 2019-05-12 09:30:19  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5 examples
首が回らない is in daij, nikk.

借金で首が回らない	2843
首が回らない	18393
  Comments:
I really don't think we need "借金で首が回らない" when the "debt" part is inferred in 首が回らない anyway.
  Diff:
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<ent_seq>2016310</ent_seq>
@@ -5 +4 @@
-<keb>借金で首が回らない</keb>
+<keb>首が回らない</keb>
@@ -8 +7 @@
-<keb>借金で首がまわらない</keb>
+<keb>首がまわらない</keb>
@@ -11 +10 @@
-<reb>しゃっきんでくびがまわらない</reb>
+<reb>くびがまわらない</reb>
@@ -16 +15,6 @@
-<gloss>deep in debt</gloss>
+<gloss>being over one's head (in debt, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>being up to one's neck (in debt)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<gloss>being unable to turn one's head</gloss>
4. A 2018-01-09 22:34:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
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