| 单词 | out on a limb |
| 释义 | out on a limbSEE SYNONYMS FOR out on a limb ON THESAURUS.COM 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] Words nearby out on a limbout of turn, out of wedlock, out of whack, out of whole cloth, out of work, out on a limb, out on bail, out on one's ear, out on the town, outpace, outparish The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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