Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

slang The neck. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Gregory Peck" rhymes with "neck." (Gregory Peck was a US actor in the mid-20th century.) Primarily heard in UK. Here, take a scarf! It's too cold to go out with your Gregory Peck bare.
See also: Gregory, peck
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • Gregory
  • take the checkered flag
  • take the chequered flag
  • neck and neck
  • shot in the neck
  • stick one's neck out, to
  • by a hair
  • by a nose
  • by an eyelash
  • by a short head