avoid the trap of (doing something)
avoid the trap of (doing something)
To avoid to doing something foolish or irresponsible. After college, I couldn't avoid the trap of using credit cards, and I've been deep in debt ever since.
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fall into/avoid the trap of doing something
do/avoid doing something that is a mistake but which seems at first to be a good idea: Parents sometimes fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
- fall into/avoid the trap of doing something
- make an example (out) of (one)
- make an example of
- make an example of somebody
- escape the bear and fall to the lion
- stick (one's) head in the sand
- hide (one's) head in the sand
- hide one's head in the sand
- bury your head in the sand
- bury/hide one's head in the sand, to