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English Vocabulary: Interesting Idioms about
Safety, Danger and the Rolling Stones
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Play with fire – to do something dangerous or risky.
🔤xample: “You should study before exams, not party. Be careful, you’re playing with fire and you’ll fail!”
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Throw caution to the wind – to become very careless.
🔤xample: “I don’t throw caution to the wind, I always think my decisions through”
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The coast is clear – there is no danger of being seen or of trouble happening.
🔤xample: “Now that the killer has been arrested, the coast is clear and people can go out without fear”
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Cry wolf – to ask for help when you do not need it, with the result that no one believes you when help is necessary.
🔤xample: “She had cried wolf about someone trying to rob her that nobody believed her in the end”
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Look before you leap – Think carefully about what you are about to do before you do it.
🔤xample: “Before you decide to just leave your job, look before you leap”
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