idiom
cut somebody some slack
jemanden nicht so streng beurteilen wie normalerweise, weil er gerade Probleme hat
Meaning
to not judge someone as severely as you usually would because they are having problems at the present time
Example
He's been under a lot of stress lately, so let's **cut him some slack**.
er steht momentan unter viel Stress, also lass uns ihm ein bisschen Luft verschaffen