out on a limb

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishout on a limbout on a limbALONEalone and without help or support All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. → limbExamples from the Corpusout on a limb• She was a chameleon, out on a limb, and had chosen a difficult camouflage.• And the only way you're going to fail is if you get out on a limb.• But going out on a limb is one thing-this is going out on a twig, going out ona leaf.• Breaking new ground often requires going out on a limb.• Until you came along, Century House was right out on a limb.• Junior was out on a limb.• It was about ninety pounds and he went out on a limb for it, too.• But only a purely wild man went out on a limb of four or five minutes.

单词	out on a limb
释义	out on a limb From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishout on a limbout on a limbALONEalone and without help or support All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. → limbExamples from the Corpusout on a limb• She was a chameleon, out on a limb, and had chosen a difficult camouflage.• And the only way you're going to fail is if you get out on a limb.• But going out on a limb is one thing-this is going out on a twig, going out ona leaf.• Breaking new ground often requires going out on a limb.• Until you came along, Century House was right out on a limb.• Junior was out on a limb.• It was about ninety pounds and he went out on a limb for it, too.• But only a purely wild man went out on a limb of four or five minutes.
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