🐔 Stick Your Neck Out: Bold Risks and Courting Trouble 🗡️
To take a bold risk; to ask for trouble. This early twentieth-century Americanism most likely comes from the barnyard, where a chicken extends its neck in preparation for slaughter (by decapitation). Raymond Chandler used it in The Black Mask (1936): “You sure stick your neck out all the time.”
Related phrases:
- “Take the plunge”
- “Go out on a limb”
- “Put oneself on the line”
- “Bite the bullet”
- “Leap of faith”
Similar terms:
- Hazard
- Gamble
- Dare
- Venture
- Risk
Antonyms:
- Play it safe
- Hedge your bets
- Stay on the safe side
- Avoid risk
Quotable quotes:
“If you aren’t willing to stick your neck out, nothing ever happens.” – Howard Schultz
Proverbs & Sayings:
- “Fortune favors the bold.”
- “He who dares wins.”
Inspirational reads & references:
- “Braving the Wilderness” by Brené Brown
- “The Black Mask” (short story, 1936) by Raymond Chandler
- “The Power of Risk: Making Courageous Decisions in Work and Life” by Tom Panaggio
Tunes for thrill-seekers:
- “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor
Daring flicks:
- “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
- “Die Hard”
Humorous Thoughts:
- Taking a bold risk may sometimes feel like daring a squirrel to steal nuts from a bear.
Author’s Closing Thought: Sometimes life demands us to stick our neck out, facing the fear of potential doom with the promise of triumph. Dare to risk, leap for success, and always remember to cluck, cluck, cluck along the way.
Farewell: Take a daring chance on new ventures, for even chickens in the barnyard couldn’t peck about the future without sticking their necks out every now and again.
Explore, dare, and cluck along— E. R. Riskworth
