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
Friso	-	Frisian
Skadi	-	Norse Mythology
Carr	[ka:]
Markus	MAHR-kuws (German), MAHR-koos (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Alexandre	a-lek-SAWNDR (French), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese), a-le-SHAN-dre (Galician)	French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Myrddin	-	Welsh Mythology