Meaning: alpine woodsia

n.
slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori

don't halloo before you are out of the woods Idiom, Proverb

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

babe in the woods

(See a babe in the woods)

neck of the woods

area, part of the country, in these parts In our neck of the woods, a man doesn't hit a woman.

out of the woods

out of difficulty, not in danger any more Pedro survived the heart surgery, but he's not out of the woods yet.

take to the woods

run away and hide He decided to take to the woods rather than wait to talk to his wife.

in some neck of the woods

Idiom(s): in some neck of the woods

Theme: LOCATION

in some remote place. (Folksy. The some is usually this, that, your, their, etc.)
• I think that the Smiths live in your neck of the woods.
• What's happening over in that neck of the woods?

Something nasty in the woodshed

Something nasty in the woodshed means that someone as a dark secret or an unpleasant experience in their past.

Take someone to the woodshed

If someone is taken to the woodshed, they are punished for something they have done.

babe in the woods|babe|in the woods|wood|woods

n. phr. A person who is inexperienced or innocent in certain things. He is a good driver, but as a mechanic he is just a babe in the woods.
Compare: OVER ONE'S HEAD, BEYOND ONE'S DEPTH.

crow before one is out of the woods|crow|out of th

v. phr. To be glad or brag before you are safe from danger or trouble.

Usually used in negative sentences, often as a proverb, "Don't crow before you are out of the woods." John thought his team would win because the game was almost over, but he didn't want to crow before they were out of the woods. Often used in a short form, "out of the woods". Mary nearly died during the operation, and she is not out of the woods yet.

don't halloo afore you are out of the woods

Don't accede or affirm a botheration apparent until you are abiding that it is completely, assuredly resolved, as added issues ability crop up afore then. (To "halloo" agency to bark or bawl in a bouncy way, abnormally to bolt someone's attention.) A: "Acquiring this annual will break all our banking worries." B: "Hmm, don't halloo afore you are out of the woods. If they cull out or can't pay us in time, we'll still be in trouble." A: "I'm assured that the analysis will annihilate the blight actual quickly." B: "Don't halloo afore you're out of the woods, Doc. That blight could still advance to added genitalia of the body."Learn more: before, halloo, of, out, wood

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