give enough rope

give somebody enough rope (to hang themselves)

to allow someone to do what they want to, knowing that they will probably fail or get into trouble I let him speak on, knowing that he would offend the director, and gave him just enough rope.

See Go piss up a rope!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Meheitav'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Lauretta	-	Italian
EydÍS	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Tatyanna	ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Christy (2)	-	Scottish, Irish
Usha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali