out on a limb

走投无路孤军奋战孤注一掷孤立无援

out on a limb 的定义

  1. In a difficult, awkward, or vulnerable position, as in I lodged a complaint about low salaries, but the people who had supported me left me out on a limb. This expression alludes to an animal climbing out on the limb of a tree and then being afraid or unable to retreat. [Late 1800s]

out on a limb 近义词

adv. 副词 adverb

in trouble

更多out on a limb例句

  1. Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
  2. For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
  3. On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
  4. Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
  5. Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
  6. And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
  7. Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
  8. Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
  9. The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
  10. Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.