One idea · 3 languages

“Out of the woods”in other languages

Out of danger at last.

  • English
  • Czech
  • French
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English comes out of a dark and dangerous forest. Czech has crossed the river: je to za vodou, it's past the water, where the danger can't follow.

French is the odd one, because it's only used in the negative: on n'est pas sorti de l'auberge, we're not out of the inn yet, means we're not out of the woods yet. One explanation is that auberge was old slang for prison.

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