Meaning of out of the woods | Babel Free
Definitions
-
Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness. idiomatic
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods.
Equivalents
Italiano
fuori pericolo
Русский
вне опа́сности
Examples
“The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.”
“The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.