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enough rope, give someone
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Emperatriz | | em-pe-rah-TREETH (Spanish), em-pe-rah-TREES (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| RÓZsi | | RO-zhee | Hungarian |
| CinÁEd | | KIN-ahj (Irish) | Scottish, Irish |
| Rumbidzai | | - | Southern African, Shona |
| Berko | | - | Western African, Akan |
| VicenÇ | | - | Catalan |