The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it]
After months of waiting for something to happen, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
take (your) life into (your) hands — take (your) life in/into (your) hands to do something dangerous. I m sure this elevator isn t properly maintained. I feel as though I m taking my life into my hands every time I go in it … New idioms dictionary
take (your) life in (your) hands — take (your) life in/into (your) hands to do something dangerous. I m sure this elevator isn t properly maintained. I feel as though I m taking my life into my hands every time I go in it … New idioms dictionary
take matters into your own hands — If you take matters into your hands, you take action yourself rather than waiting for others to intervene. When Susan saw the lack of progress, she decided to take matters into her own hands … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take the law into your own hands — phrase to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself If something isn’t done soon, farmers might take the law into their own hands. Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym… … Useful english dictionary
take something into your own hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] … Useful english dictionary
take (something) into (your) own hands — to deal with something yourself. Many people are starting to take privacy protection into their own hands. Mike s mother wouldn t call the doctor, so Mike took matters into his own hands and did it for her. Related vocabulary: take the law into… … New idioms dictionary
take the law into your own hands — take the law into (your) own hands to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own… … New idioms dictionary
take matters into your own hands — take matters into (your) own hands to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so. The police haven t done anything about the vandalism, so local residents have taken matters into their own… … New idioms dictionary
take the law into own hands — take the law into (your) own hands to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own… … New idioms dictionary
take matters into own hands — take matters into (your) own hands to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so. The police haven t done anything about the vandalism, so local residents have taken matters into their own… … New idioms dictionary
