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.
- 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