The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall.
Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on his home. He is riding for a fall.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
riding for a fall — {adj. phr.} Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall./ * /Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on… … Dictionary of American idioms
riding for a fall — {adj. phr.} Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall./ * /Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on… … Dictionary of American idioms
riding for a fall — phrase too confident or taking too many risks, so that you are likely to fail badly Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym describing arrogant and over confident people or behavioursynonym Main entry: ride … Useful english dictionary
be riding for a fall — informal be acting in a reckless or arrogant way that invites defeat or failure * * * be riding for a fall see ↑ride, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fall be riding for a fall informal : to be doing something that is likely to lead to failure or disaster… … Useful english dictionary
be riding for a fall — be heading/riding for a fall to be behaving in a way that is likely to cause problems for you. Greg s riding for a fall he gets to work late and spends hours talking to his friends on the phone … New idioms dictionary
be riding for a fall — ► to be involved in a situation that may end badly: »The specialist mortgage lender s lowly rating is because of widespread concerns that the buy to let housing market is riding for a fall. Main Entry: ↑ride … Financial and business terms
be riding for a fall — ► be riding for a fall informal be acting in a reckless way that invites failure. Main Entry: ↑ride … English terms dictionary
(be) riding for a fall — be riding for a ˈfall idiom to be doing sth that involves risks and that may end in disaster Main entry: ↑rideidiom … Useful english dictionary
riding for a fall — too confident or taking too many risks, so that you are likely to fail badly … English dictionary
for a fall — See: RIDING FOR A FALL … Dictionary of American idioms
