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2022-04-25 07:04
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.
Do you see anything wrong?
The inexplicable or concealed place or state indicates the afterlife.
I'm very sorry for your dad. He's beyond the veil.
