идти на рожон

• ЛЕЗТЬ <ИДТИ>/ПОЛЕЗТЬ НА РОЖОН coll; ПЕРЕТЬ/ПОПЕРЕТЬ НА РОЖОН substand

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to undertake sth. risky, potentially dangerous:

- X лезет на рожон{{}}≈ X is taking a (big) risk;

- X is sticking his neck out;

- X is going out on a limb;

- X is risking his neck;

- [in refer, to rash behavior] X is acting recklessly (foolhardily);

- X is asking (begging) for trouble;

|| Neg Imper не лезь на рожон{{}}≈ play it (things) safe;

- don't take any chances.

     ♦ "Ты, я считаю, с самого начала повел это дело неправильно. Полез на рожон, стал угрожать" (Войнович 3). "I think that you conducted this affair improperly from the very beginning. Went out on a limb, used threats" (3a).

     ♦ [Андрей] Гуськов знал, что на рожон он не полезет и последних дуростей делать не станет, и надеялся, что, как бы ни повернулось дело, успеет скрыться (Распутин 2). Andrei [Guskov] knew that he wouldn't ask for trouble and he wouldn't do anything too stupid, and he hoped that no matter how things turned out, he would manage to get away (2a).

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← See P-144.