enough rope, give someone

Allow someone to continue on a course and then suffer its consequences. For example, The auditor knew something was wrong but decided to give the chief accountant enough rope . This expression, a shortening of enough rope to hang oneself, was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1678).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Muscowequan	-	Native American, Cree
Crawford	['krɔfəd]
Drupada	-	Hinduism
Anstis	['ænstis]
Viktoras	-	Lithuanian
Nickolaus	NI-ko-lows	German