out of the woods

A half-hour later, at around 3:30 a.m., it acknowledged that customers weren’t out of the woods.

But we’re not out of the woods yet because they haven’t rendered a final decision.

The automaker hasn’t had any production disruptions but is “not out of the woods quite yet,” he added.

In the final minutes of the longest day of the year, several hundred people in a clearing cheered every hiker who came out of the woods.

“We’re in pretty good shape, but not completely out of the woods.”