give him enough rope and he'll hang himself

If you give people the opportunity to do something wrong or detrimental to themselves, they will usually do it; one does not need to interfere to bring about someone's downfall. Don't interrupt him with questions. Just let him keep talking and he'll incriminate himself. Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself!

See also: and, enough, give, hang, himself, rope

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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Give enough rope and he'll hang himself
give somebody enough rope
give someone
give someone enough rope
enough rope, give someone
give (one) enough rope
give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
give (one) enough rope to hang (oneself)
give someone enough rope to hang themselves
themself

References in periodicals archive

Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself from a zipwire.

Yikes, Boris is in charge; Russians are safe so far.

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释义	give him enough rope and he'll hang himself give him enough rope and he'll hang himself If you give people the opportunity to do something wrong or detrimental to themselves, they will usually do it; one does not need to interfere to bring about someone's downfall. Don't interrupt him with questions. Just let him keep talking and he'll incriminate himself. Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself! See also: and, enough, give, hang, himself, rope Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: Give enough rope and he'll hang himself give somebody enough rope give someone give someone enough rope enough rope, give someone give (one) enough rope give a man enough rope and he will hang himself give (one) enough rope to hang (oneself) give someone enough rope to hang themselves themself References in periodicals archive Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself from a zipwire. Yikes, Boris is in charge; Russians are safe so far.
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