tirer son épingle du jeu

French

Etymology

Literally: to pull one's pin out of the game, a reference to a 15th century children's game with pins and a ball, similar to mikado

Verb

tirer son épingle du jeu

  1. (idiomatic) to make it out of (a potentially bad situation) relatively unscathed, to pull out skilfully while the going is still good
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