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paint yourself into a corner

Idiom Difficulty

Meaning

to put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out

Example Sentences

"By making so many promises, he painted himself into a corner."

Related Expressions

No guts, no glory

Without courage, you can’t achieve success.

hit the big time

to achieve great fame or success

cast in stone

fixed and unchangeable

happy as a clam

very content and comfortable

wash your hands of something

to stop being involved in or responsible for something

leaf through

to turn the pages of a book or magazine casually