neck and crop

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain, but crop may refer to the backside of a horse, so that a horse that fell neck and crop had both its neck and backside hit the ground. === Adverb === neck and crop (not comparable) (dated) completely and with violence ==== Synonyms ==== neck and heels ==== Translations ==== === See also === come a cropper === References === Michael Quinion (2004), “Come a cropper”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.