Be riding for a fall phrase
To be doing something too confidently, and such that might result in something unpleasant, such as failure, problems, or disaster, happening.
Anyone who invests in such an untrustworthy company is riding for a fall.
I think the politician is riding for a fall with his tirade of abuse against working-class voters.
This phrase originated as a late 19th-century horse-riding expression, meaning to ride a horse, especially in the hunting field, in such a way as to make an accident likely.
Used to indicate that helping each other or working together toward the same goal will have advantages for everyone who is involved
The relationship between fashion and film is that one hand washes the other and both wash the face.