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Jimmy Hung
2022-04-23 01:04
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?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
