out on a limb

基本解释

He doesn't bring you out on a limb and then cut off the limb.
他没有把你带到孤立无援的窘境，而又把后路切断。
And some people suggest Infinity may be going too far out on a limb.
一些人认为英飞尼迪可能太孤立无援了。
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We develop them in our mind to keep us from going out on a limb.
我们在脑海中想象这些情况以至于使我们不能向前一跃。

You are really out on a limb - if you're going to defend poetry--as Richards kept doing-- as "pseudo-statement," but of course pseudo-statement" is just another expression for what he calls here "fiction."
你会陷入孤立无援的境地,如果你像，Richards一样-,说诗歌是“伪陈述“,当然，这里“伪陈述“只是,“虚构“的另一种说法“
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But Kennedy has gone out on a limb to protect state rights to govern themselves.
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