breathe down someone's neck

短语

对某人的行动实行过分严密的监视

发音

AU

词形变化

breathed down someone's neck breathes down someone's neck 三单 breathes down someone's neck breathing down someone's neck breathing down someone's neck 现在分词 breathed down someone's neck 过去式 breathed down someone's neck 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person.

    紧盯著某人

    紧盯着某人

    密切监视某人

    习语

    My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.