English Idiom: Out on a limb
Are you the type of person who likes to take a chance when you know that you are right? Have you ever gone out on a limb?
Try not to get confused because the meaning of out on a limb is not the same as up a tree.
When you go out on a limb, you do something that you believe in even though others may not think that it is the right thing to do.
Quite often going out on a limb means doing something that has a high probability of failure.
But hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained. You have to take a few chances in life if you want to succeed.
I’m a firm believer in the power of going out on a limb and making mistakes.
Learning how to take chances and learning from our mistakes will make us more confident in life and if that means sometimes turning around and going back, well, so be it.