tordre le cou

to wring someone's neck

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to wring someone's neck An idiomatic expression used as a threat or to express strong irritation; it is often hyperbolic and does not necessarily imply a literal intention to strangle someone.

FR: Si tu recommences, je vais te tordre le cou !

EN: If you do that again, I'll wring your neck!

Je vais vous tordre le cou !

I'm going to wring your neck!

— Lagaan (2001)

J'ai eu envie de lui tordre le cou.

I felt like wringing his neck.

— De tout cœur (1998)

Peut-être qu'on devrait aussi te tordre le cou ?

Maybe we should wring your neck too?

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Je voudrais lui tordre le cou.

I’d like to wring his neck.

Et moi je veux te tordre le cou.

And I want to wring your neck.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

S'ils attrapent ce bâtard, ils vont lui tordre le cou.

If they catch that bastard, they’ll wring his neck.

— M le maudit (1931)