Thematic Index of Idioms: Safety and Risk

La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen al ítem sobre Seguridad y Riesgo:

Raise/up the ante	Walk a knife-edge
Chance your arm	Risk life and limb
A good/safe bet	Take your life in your hand
All bets are off	Lightning does not strike twice
Hedge your bets	(out) on a limb
A bird in the hand (is worth	In the firing line
two in the bush)	In/on the front line
Put your head/neck on the block	In the line of fire
A close call	Lay/put sth on the line
A wild card	Be on the line
Throw caution to the wind	Lay it on the line
The coast is clear	Put your ass/neck on the line
Cover your ass/back/rear	Put your head in the lion’s mouth
A leap in the dark	Walk into the lion’s den
Dice with death	Daniel in the lion’s den
Better the devil you know (than	Risk your neck
the devil you don’t)	Stick your neck out
Put all your eggs in one basket	Sit pretty
Hang on by your fingertips/fingernails	Russian roulette
Play with fire	Play (it) safe
A red flag	Safe as houses
It’s your funeral	A security blanket
Light the fuse	A close shave
Run the gauntlet	Be on the safe side
In safe hands	By the skin of your teeth
Put your head above the parapet	The sword of Damocles
Keep your head below the parapet	Walk a tightrope
Put/stick your head in a noose	Leave yourself wide open
Off the hook	Sail close to the wind
A house of cards	On a wing and a prayer
Skate on thin ice	A wolf in sheep’s clothing
On a knife-edge	A sheep in wolf’s clothing

 

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See also:

¿Que son los Idioms?	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Gramatica de un Idiom	Lista de Términos Gramaticales
Importancia de los Idioms	Common misspellings
Como aprender Idioms	Irregular verbs List
Common Clichés	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Common Slangs	Abz Grammar Top Tips

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