例句-1：Okay, I'll stick my neck out one more time and ask the boss to give you another chance, but if you get yourself in hot water again, you'll have to find your own way out - understand?
从这段话里可以听出这个同事和老板关系相当紧张，而且似乎常会跟老板闹别扭，所以到老板面前为他求情并不容易，弄不好惹火了老板连为他说话的人都一起遭殃。所以这里他说，stick my neck out意思带有”做难免给自己招惹麻烦的事。
我们再听个例子。这段话在回顾美国前总统布什不慎失言，日后给自己惹上了麻烦。
例句-2：During his campaign in 1988 Mr. Bush really stuck his neck out when he promised he would never raise taxes. Then, two years later it hurt him politically when he had to raise them。
例句-4：Friend, I see you come from Iowa. You know, I'm from Iowa too! What neck of the woods do you come from back home? - Anywhere near Oscaloosa? I live on a farm near Oscallosa myself。