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out of the woods

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Out of difficulties, danger or trouble, as in We're through the worst of the recession—we're out of the woods now , or That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods . This expression, alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times; it was first recorded in English in 1792. The British usage is out of the wood .

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"Even though the cholera outbreak is controlled, we're not out of the woods. Right now, malaria is spiking and with the rainy season coming, it will shoot up," he tells the BBC.

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But while it keeps the wolves from the door for now, he isn't out of the woods yet.

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If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.

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Vatican officials cautioned that didn't mean the Pope was out of the woods.

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"I'm still not out of the woods yet and it might come to the point where I won't have any representation and I don't know what I'll do," she said.

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