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out on a limb
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
How it is being presented now—how a lot of House Democrats are presenting this—is kind of what you’re getting at: That they went out on a limb and then the Senate didn’t back them up.
The conservative view that the feds had gone out on a limb with their environmental justice program was endorsed by a district court in Louisiana last year.
“I don’t think you can entirely understand it — and I’m going out on a limb here — unless you’ve been born here. That’s a hard stand to take but it’s just that it’s so diverse.”
Harris said he had been friends with Walker since the 1960s, describing him as "an incredible, warm, superb broadcaster" who "went out on a limb many times to defend the music that he loved and he was passionate about radio".
That was a real stepping out on a limb thing for a pop artist to do, and people were really slow to see that she actually was a real songwriter and that these young girl fans that she had were a very sophisticated and discerning audience.
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