Lesson 13 · Risk

Idioms about risk

Learn four useful English idioms about risk through slow listening, clear examples, multilingual support and retrieval practice.

LEVEL 3B1–B212 min

Meet the idioms in context

Read once for the general meaning. Then read again and notice the highlighted expressions.

Speed
0:000:00

Choose 0.50× or 0.75× for slow listening. The pitch stays natural. Voices generated with Aura-2.

Maya Are you going to invest all your savings in that company?

Leo No. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.

Maya Good. Borrowing more money would be playing with fire.

Leo I know, but I may stick my neck out and support the smaller project.

Maya That still sounds like a leap of faith.

Leo It is, so I’ll only risk an amount I can afford to lose.