be out of the woods

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And if you’re still lucky enough to get through the interviews and finally land an offer, you might not be out of the woods yet.

From Slate • May 20, 2025

Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, cautioned that Japanese manufacturers were unlikely to be out of the woods, adding that he expected demand for their products to stagnate ahead.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

But, he added, Hungary will not be out of the woods.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

“I don’t think I’ll ever be out of the woods with my knee, but I feel like we’ve learned a lot with how I can manage it,” Doolittle said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2020

One of the nurses confided to Mr. Ten Eyck that there was no hope, but the other declared that if the patient survived the eighth of November she would "be out of the woods."

From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr