Wednesday, October 24, 2018

out of the woods

whats is the meaning with "out of the woods" ?

No longer in danger or dealing with a particular difficulty, though not entirely resolved. (Usually used in the negative.)

examples.
Her surgery went as well as we could have hoped, but she's not out of the woods yet.
We've restructured the organization to help eliminate unnecessary costs; if our sales stay strong, we should be out of the woods by the fall.

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water under the bridge

whats is the meaning with "water under the bridge" ?

problems that someone has had in the past that they do not worry about because they happened a long time ago and cannot now be changed

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the benefit of the doubt

what is the meaning with "the benefit of the doubt" ?

accepting someone as honest or deserving of trust even though there are doubts he might be lying, but we have to accept what he says for now

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