Meaning of out on a limb in English
out on a limb
She's going out on a limb in criticizing her own party leadership.
Examples of out on a limb
out on a limb
They will be the country cousins, left out on a limb.
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By failing to address these major problems, the report leaves small producers, the public and the environment out on a limb.
I advise her not to put herself out on a limb.
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They wanted to get themselves out on a limb.
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It is impossible to accept an amendment whose effects will be to put certain people out on a limb and give them a specific concession.
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There can be no doubt that the scope of our capital taxes puts us way out on a limb in comparison with other countries.
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I am, no doubt, out on a limb in saying so, but that is the logic of the thing.
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Why should we be the only ones to be always out on a limb?
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Are we going to leave them out on a limb?
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Supporters of that view are out on a limb.
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Experience in the second world war with the paratroopers showed that they were left out on a limb.
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It is true that he did not go out on a limb in support of it.
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To her credit, it puts her out on a limb almost in comparison with her colleagues.
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And now the reward of the miners is to be thrown out on a limb, with whole communities threatened.
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At any rate, we are bound in honour not to leave them out on a limb.
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Translations of out on a limb
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dans une situation délicate…
tehlikede olma…
op zichzelf aangewezen…
ve zlé situaci…
ud på tynd is…
dalam bahaya…
เสี่ยง…
trong tình trạng nguy hiểm…
w opałach…
vara ute på farliga vägar…
menjerat diri…
in einer gefährlichen Lage…
være i en vanskelig situasjon…
поставивши себе під удар…
