with reservations

with reservations

With doubts or feelings of unease. Although Jim signed the contract, he did so with reservations about whether he was actually making the best decision.
See also: reservation
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go hot and cold
  • go hot and cold (all over)
  • have (one's) doubts (about someone or something)
  • have doubts about
  • have your doubts
  • a thin line between love and hate
  • hate
  • have a lot on (one's) mind
  • have a lot on mind
  • relieve (one's) feelings
References in periodicals archive
His inflexible attitude effectively drove some of the mild reservationists, many of whom initially favored the League, although with reservations, into the camp of the irreconcilables.
House maintained that a League with reservations was better than no League.
Wobbly" persona, Lodge made known his own willingness to approve the treaty and the League with reservations.