throw caution to the winds
Related to throw caution to the winds: get wind, catch wind of
throw caution to the wind(s)
To abandon one's cautiousness in order to take a risk. You can't live life completely reserved, you know. You've got to throw caution to the wind every now and then. After my father won a bit of money at the race tracks, he began throwing caution to the winds and gambling everything we had there.
See also: caution, throw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
throw caution to the winds
Also, throw discretion to the winds. Behave or speak very rashly, as in Throwing caution to the winds, he ran after the truck, or I'm afraid she's thrown discretion to the winds and told everyone about the divorce. This expression uses to the winds in the sense of "utterly vanishing" or "out of existence," a usage dating from the mid-1600s. The first recorded use of throw to the winds was in 1885.
See also: caution, throw, wind
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- throw caution to the wind
- throw caution to the wind(s)
- IMHO
- IMO
- in my humble opinion
- a lion in the way
- (there's) no peace/rest for the wicked
- at doorstep
- at (one's) doorstep
- at (one's) expense