out on a limb, basket case, of you

out on a limb

Definition of out on a limb in English:

1Isolated:Aberdeen is rather out on a limb

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• Yet Eriska is so isolated, so thoroughly out on a limb, that getting there still feels like a journey to the edge of time and place.
• So I feel rather out on a limb because I know that I have to help myself through this.
• It left little time for anything else, rather out on a limb you might say.
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2In or into a position where one is not joined orsupported by anyone else:I wouldn’t go out on a limb like this if I didn’t have the data to justify it

basket case

Syllabification: bas·ket case

Pronunciation:

 

noun

• informal

• 1a person or thing regarded as useless or unable to cope.
  

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• 1.1a country or organization that is in severe financial or economic difficulties, especially one that is unable to pay its debts: sudden meltdowns—such as the financial crisis—can turn flourishing countries into basket cases overnight
  

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Origin

early 20th century: originally slang denoting a soldier who had lost all four limbs, thus unable to move independently.

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prep.

1. Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South.
2. Caused by; resulting from: a death of tuberculosis.
3. Away from; at a distance from: a mile east of here.
4. So as to be separated or relieved from: robbed of one's dignity; cured of distemper.
5. From the total or group comprising: give of one's time; two of my friends; most of the cases.
6. Composed or made from: a dress of silk.
7. Associated with or adhering to: people of your religion.
8. Belonging or connected to: the rungs of a ladder.
9. 1. Possessing; having: a person of honor.
   2. On one's part: very nice of you.
10. Containing or carrying: a basket of groceries.
11. Specified as; named or called: a depth of ten feet; the Garden of Eden.
12. Centering on; directed toward: a love of horses.
13. Produced by; issuing from: products of the vine.
14. Characterized or identified by: a year of famine.
15. 1. With reference to; about: think highly of her proposals; will speak of it later.
    2. In respect to: slow of speech.
16. Set aside for; taken up by: a day of rest.
17. Before; until: five minutes of two.
18. During or on a specified time: of recent years.
19. By: beloved of the family.
20. Used to indicate an appositive: that idiot of a driver.
21. Archaic. On: “A plague of all cowards, I say” (Shakespeare).

[Middle English, from Old English.]