گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'give someone enough rope'

1 general:: Allow someone to continue on a course and then suffer its consequences. For example, The auditor knew something was wrong but decided to give the chief accountant enough rope. This expression, a shortening of enough rope to hang oneself, was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1678).

2 general:: see ENOUGH ROPE.