| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,896,954,976 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
riding |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
riding for a fall
Fig. risking failure or an accident, usually due to overconfidence. Tom drives too fast, and he seems too sure of himself. He's riding for a fall. Bill needs to eat better and get more sleep. He's riding for a fall. See also: fall be heading/riding for a fall also be headed for a fall to be behaving in a way that is likely to cause problems for you Greg's riding for a fall - he gets to work late and spends hours talking to his friends on the phone. See also: fall be riding high to be very successful With 3 hit singles in the charts, the band are riding high. (often + on ) Shops are riding high on the latest consumer spending boom. See be heading for a fallSee also: high riding high doing very well The president is still riding high in the polls. See also: high Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Idioms and phrases |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|