A nut is someone whose noose broke.
Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.
Many a necklace becomes a noose.
I tell ye true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter.
I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?
Men, being conditioned badly, are always feeling nooses closing around their necks, even dumpy boors no girl would take on a bet.