 Re: Scuff off the neck
The West Indies had to pick themselves up by the scruff of the neck -
it means they had to give themselves a shock and realize just how well they would have to play to win. Normally, you pick someone else up by the scruff of the neck (think of a mother cat and her kittens); normally, in English, you pull your socks up when you sort out/improve your own performance. But Tony Greig comes from South Africa, and for all I know his mother tongue is Afrikaans.
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