Idiom
tie oneself in knots
Meaning
To put oneself in a difficult situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't tie yourself in knots over such a small mistake.”
“He started to tie himself in knots trying to explain why he was late for the meeting.”
“By attempting to please everyone at once, she only succeeded in tying herself in knots, leaving her more confused than when she began.”
Examples
simple
“Don't tie yourself in knots over such a small mistake.”
contextual
“He started to tie himself in knots trying to explain why he was late for the meeting.”
complex
“By attempting to please everyone at once, she only succeeded in tying herself in knots, leaving her more confused than when she began.”
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