scruff of neck

基本解释

Catch sb by the ARM, throat, scruff of the neck, etc.
抓住某人的胳臂、掐住某人的脖子等。
And made of pork fried, boil, my time, you'd by the scruff of the neck meat.
而用猪肉做炸、汆等的小丸子的时候，就最好用颈背肉。
His passing ability has never been in question but the issue, wearing Keane's old No16, was whether he had the authority to take games by the scruff of the neck.
他的传球能力从未遭到质疑，但是还是有人认为他担负不起16号球衣。因为他似乎还不能统治比赛。
blog.sina.com.cn

"There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".
You say to yourself, "Ah ha! There is an example of somebody taking language by the scruff of the neck and changing it as an individual, exerting an individual will over against the conventional nature of language."
你也许会想，这不就是一个,凭个人力量改变语言,的活生生的例子吗,它的确改变了语言的惯例“
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We finally had to take the most vile offender by the scruff of its neck and force it to change.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Iraq: right time, right place, right war