襟えり首くびを掴つかむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

grab by the collar; seize by the scruff of the neck

Physical action of grabbing someone by the back of the collar or neck, often in anger or to restrain.

• 彼かれは怒おこって相あい手ての襟えり首くびを掴つかんだ。

  He angrily grabbed the other person by the collar.

• 警けい官かんは逃にげようとした男おとこの襟えり首くびを掴つかんで引ひき止とめた。

  The police officer seized the man who tried to run away by the scruff of the neck and held him back.