breathe down someone's neck

成語所屬單字neck

breathe down someone's neck — 慣用語

1. To watch or check what someone is doing too closely, making them feel nervous or

1.慣用語
釋義

緊盯不放;步步緊逼

To watch or check what someone is doing too closely, making them feel nervous or pressured.

例句

I cannot concentrate with my boss breathing down my neck all the time.

The other team was breathing down our neck for the whole second half of the match.