Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Woods"

A: "the woods" is danger.

A: "Up in (location)" is the colloquial way to say "in (that location)" in a way that confers the location is distant.

If the person were standing in the woods, they would say "two birds in these woods". To say "up in those woods" means the woods are distant.

Up in those woods is not technically correct in English, it IS however NATURAL in the region where that manner of speaking is colloquial.

A: This is a metaphor.
The dark woods of their past likely means they had a troublesome past that was not happy and was probably dangerous, illegal, or scary.
If they stumbled from it, it means that they were trapped in their bad memories and escaped through a lot of effort that has made them weary. Now their bad past is behind them and they are "out of the woods", or free from the influence and reach of their past.

A: Out of the woods = no longer in danger; safe. (Think if you were lost in a forest but found your way to a main road.)

Hardly out of the woods = might still be in danger

- Although she got an “A” on the test, she was hardly out of the woods. (Her other test scores were not that good.)
- The firm received $1 million in funding but it is far from being out of the woods. (The company is still in financial trouble.)

A: Away from danger.

"We're not out of the woods yet"
=
"There is still danger"

"I'm glad his surgery went well."
"We're not out of the woods yet. He needs another surgery."

= The man is still in danger.

"They stopped chasing us."
"We're not out of the woods yet. There's a trap up there."

= There is still danger

A: After this nights camping where there were many insects it feels great to be out of the woods

A: Don't let your guard down; we're not out of the woods yet.

Using "the woods" as a metaphor for danger is the basis of the whole Stephen Sondheim musical "Into The Woods."

A: "we're not out of the woods yet"

it means to not be safe or in the clear of something. for example, "Nacho was recovering from the flu but he wasn't out of the woods yet" meaning that while he was recovering, he wasn't in the clear or completely, 100% going to be alright. You would also hear this phrase in that Taylor Swift song "out of the woods". in her song she uses the phrase to ask if the relationship is in the clear and stable.
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A: To put it simply, a wood is smaller and less dense than a forest. I would describe a wood as having mostly trees and less plants on the ground so you can walk through it easily. I'd imagine a forest is bigger and has more trees and plants and it's harder to walk through lol.

A:
woods. Plural
Forest. Singular

A: I can use them interchangeably for the most part. A forest fire is never a woods fire. Beyond that, any large group of trees can be called the woods or the forest. Forest is the dictionary term. When you refer to a specific forest, you use forest. The black forest is always forest and not black woods.

A: Yes, Example. "I'm going for a walk in the woods/forest."

If I had a small group of trees nearby. I would be inclined to call them a wood or woods. I tend to think of a forest as much bigger. There is no specific rule for this. It is subjective on the part of the speaker.

A: @uru: 'Off the hook' means you are no longer in trouble, will not be punished.
'Out of the woods' means you have made it out of a difficult and/or dangerous situation.

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A: We do say this.
It is idiomatic.

We say for example:
“You aren’t yet out of the woods.”
This means you aren’t yet done with these problems.

We often use this expression with regards to someone’s health -
meaning the person isn’t yet out of danger with an illness.

It is an old expression but we have a lot of these in English that are used all the time currently.

Example-
With a patient in the hospital with covid19 - they aren’t yet out of the woods means they are still in danger of dying.

A: They are somewhat similar, the main difference is that woods are less dense in trees and other vegetation than forests.

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A: We told our parents what happened to us in the woods, but they didn't believe us.

A: Do you mean just your parents? If so:

"We told our parents what happened to us in the woods, but they didn't believe us"

If you mean other adults:

"We told some adults what happened to us in the woods, but no one believed us"

A: we were walking in the woods when the weather started to change

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A: "Out of the woods" generally means that you are free of the current bad or troubling situation.

An example: you are in a bad relationship, but you broke up. Now you are "out of the woods."