off a cliff
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[modifier le wikicode]Locution adverbiale
[modifier le wikicode]off a cliff \ˈɒf ə klɪf\
- En prenant des risques excessifs, sans se poser de questions, avec des conséquences potentiellement désastreuses.
(…) saying they were “so obsessed with a hard Brexit that they’re prepared to run the economy off a cliff and they don’t like the fact that Philip is pointing out that we will deservedly lose the next election if we do that”.
— (The Guardian, Tory efforts to downplay cabinet rifts insult intelligence of voters, juillet 2017)