📚 verb • entry_id 43048
paint oneself into a corner
/ˈpeɪnt wʌnˈsɛlf ˈɪntʊ ə ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
meterse en la boca del lobo • meterse en un berenjenal • meterse en un jardín
To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
The Coens [Coen brothers] write their screenplays in a manner as unorthodox as the films that result from them. […] They paint themselves into a corner, plotwise, then perform what…
[Giuliana] Tedeschi thus rejects the mythicization of the Holocaust, in her book and in others'. By claiming a separate, privileged space for documentary writing and survivor nonfi…
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