首くびが絞しまる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

have one's neck wrung; be strangled

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'one's neck is wrung', used figuratively for being in a tight spot or facing severe pressure, often in a financial or social context.

• 借しゃっ金きんで首くびが絞しまる思おもいだ。

  I feel like my neck is being wrung because of debt.

• あのミスで、彼かれは会かい社しゃで首くびが絞しまった。

  Because of that mistake, he found himself in a tight spot at work.