首が回らない

くびがまわらない

Meanings

1. Expression being over one's head (in debt, etc.); being up to one's neck (in debt)
2. being unable to turn one's head

Kanji

• 首 neck. Read as くび.
• 回 times. Read as まわる.

Example sentences

• 彼は今借金で首が回らない。
  He is deeply in debt now.
• ぼくは借金で首が回らないよ。
  I'm up to my ears in debt.
• 借金で首が回らないかい？
  Are you over your head in debt?

Word lists

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