首くびが回まわらない

expression

drowning in debt; up to one's neck in debt

Idiomatic expression meaning one is overwhelmed by debt or financial obligations, unable to manage.

• 借しゃっ金きんで首くびが回まわらない。

  I'm drowning in debt.

• ローンが多おおくて首くびが回まわらない状じょう態たいだ。

  With so many loans, I'm up to my neck in debt.

expression

can't turn one's head

Literal meaning: physically unable to turn one's head, e.g., due to injury or stiffness. Less common than the idiomatic debt sense.

• 寝ね違ちがえて首くびが回まわらなくなった。

  I slept wrong and now I can't turn my head.