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Out of the frying pan
The idiom out of the frying pan, into the fire means to escape from one bad situation and go straight into another one. This one is drawn from the idea of you being in a hot frying pan, and you escape but you find yourself in the fire.She left her abusive husband but her new boyfriend is just as bad, out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the loop
To be out of the loop means not being included in information or decisions that other people know about. A person who is out of the loop does not know what is going on.The expression likely comes from the idea of a communication loop or chain where information passes between people. If someone is outside that loop, the information never reaches them.
I was out of the loop about the plan until someone mentioned it at lunch.
Out on a limb
To go out on a limb means to take a risk by saying or doing something that others might not agree with.The phrase comes from the image of climbing far out on a tree branch. The farther you go from the trunk, the less support you have, and the greater the chance the branch could break.
I might be out on a limb here, but I think their small startup could become very successful.
Over the moon
To be over the moon means to be extremely happy about something.The expression comes from the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, where the cow jumps over the moon. Over time the phrase came to describe a feeling of happiness so strong it seems to lift someone far above the ground.
She was over the moon when she heard she had been accepted into the program.
You're only human
When you say you are only human, you mean you are like other people and you have emotions, you make mistakes, and you are imperfect, just like other people.Sorry I got it wrong, but I'm only human.