be caught napping | be caught sleeping | |
go out on a limb | state an opinion or do sth different from anyone else | |
be out on a limb | be alone and lack support from anyone else | |
limb | large branch of a tree | |
led astray | influenced so that one does bad things | |
astray | away from the main path | |
leave well alone | try not to change or improve sth because it might make things worse | |
panic stations | a time or situation where you feel very anxious and have to anct quickly | |
necessary evil | zło konieczne | |
safe and sound | safe | |
so sth by the skin of your teeth | only just succeed in doing sth | |
rather/too close for comfort | so close in distance or similar in amount you are worried or frightened | |
cut things fine | leave yourself only just enough time to do sth | |
sth sets alarm bells ringing | sth worries you because it is a sign that there may be a problem | |
take your life in(to) your hands | do sth very risky | |
your life is on someone's hands | sb can affect whether you live or die | |
be hanging by a thread | be likely to fail in the near future | |
on a knife-edge | in a very difficult situation and there are worries about the future | |