out on a limb 的定义
- 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
in trouble
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- Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
- For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
- On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
- And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
- Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
- Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
- The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
- 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.