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out of the woods en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.
    • The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months. 2024 May 16, Pjotr Sauer, Ashifa Kassam, “Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable but ‘not out of the woods’ after shooting”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods.

Relateds

halloo before one is out of the wood · good to go

Translations (14)

mi Kua tae te waka ki uta (out of peril) · it fuori pericolo (out of peril) · fi selvillä vesillä (out of peril) · de aus dem Schneider (out of peril) · ru вне опа́сности (out of peril) · de über den Berg (out of peril) · de aus dem Gröbsten heraus (out of peril) · pl na prostą (out of peril) · fr sorti de l'auberge (out of peril) · fr hors de danger (out of peril) · fr tiré d'affaire (out of peril) · fr sorti d'affaire (out of peril) · fi kuivilla (out of peril) · fi kuivilla vesillä (out of peril)