"out of the woods" meaning in English

See out of the woods in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-out of the woods.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} out of the woods, {{en-PP}} out of the woods
  1. (idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness. Tags: idiomatic Translations (out of peril): kuivilla (Finnish), kuivilla vesillä (Finnish), selvillä vesillä (Finnish), tiré d’affaire (French), sorti d’affaire (French), hors de danger (French), sorti de l’auberge (French), aus dem Schneider (German), aus dem Gröbsten heraus (German), über den Berg (German), Kua tae te waka ki uta (Maori), вне опа́сности (vne opásnosti) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-out_of_the_woods-en-prep_phrase-d4qDE8vB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'out of peril': 71 29
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods.
    Sense id: en-out_of_the_woods-en-prep_phrase-JQ3d2Ds1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: good to go
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "out of the woods",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "out of the woods",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47",
      "word": "good to go"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 16, Pjotr Sauer, Ashifa Kassam, “Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable but ‘not out of the woods’ after shooting”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness."
      ],
      "id": "en-out_of_the_woods-en-prep_phrase-d4qDE8vB",
      "links": [
        [
          "peril",
          "peril"
        ],
        [
          "recover",
          "recover"
        ],
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ],
        [
          "threaten",
          "threaten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "kuivilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "kuivilla vesillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "selvillä vesillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "tiré d’affaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "sorti d’affaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "hors de danger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "sorti de l’auberge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "aus dem Schneider"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "aus dem Gröbsten heraus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "über den Berg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "Kua tae te waka ki uta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vne opásnosti",
          "sense": "out of peril",
          "word": "вне опа́сности"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods."
      ],
      "id": "en-out_of_the_woods-en-prep_phrase-JQ3d2Ds1",
      "links": [
        [
          "out of",
          "out of#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ],
        [
          "woods",
          "woods#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-out of the woods.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "out of the woods"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "out of the woods",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "out of the woods",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "good to go"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 16, Pjotr Sauer, Ashifa Kassam, “Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable but ‘not out of the woods’ after shooting”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peril",
          "peril"
        ],
        [
          "recover",
          "recover"
        ],
        [
          "prevail",
          "prevail"
        ],
        [
          "threaten",
          "threaten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "out of",
          "out of#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ],
        [
          "woods",
          "woods#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-out of the woods.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-au-out_of_the_woods.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "kuivilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "kuivilla vesillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "selvillä vesillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "tiré d’affaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "sorti d’affaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "hors de danger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "sorti de l’auberge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "aus dem Schneider"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "aus dem Gröbsten heraus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "über den Berg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "Kua tae te waka ki uta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vne opásnosti",
      "sense": "out of peril",
      "word": "вне опа́сности"
    }
  ],
  "word": "out of the woods"
}

Download raw JSONL data for out of the woods meaning in English (3.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.