стоять над душой(Stop breathing down my neck! – Не стой у меня над душой! The boss was breathing down my neck all morning. – стоял у меня над душой ART Vancouver)
внимательно следить(за кем-либо: The supervisor is always breathing down the necks of the employees – Надзиратель всегда внимательно наблюдает за служащимиTaras)
не высовываться(‘Are you trying to tell me you won't do it?' ‘I am.' She snorted emotionally and expressed the opinion that I was a worm. ‘But a prudent, levelheaded worm,' I assured her. ‘A worm who knows enough not to stick its neck out.' ‘You really won't do it?' ‘Not for all the rice in China.' (P.G. Wodehouse)ART Vancouver)
