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not to stick one's neck outstresses
idiom. 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)