have it your way
check yourself before you wreck yourself
have the cards in one's hands
pay the fiddler
throw caution to the wind
face the music
at one's own peril
hold out
make the best of a bad job
lash oneself to the mast
get something over with
play the odds
poise
brace
first catch your hare
chance
fuck around and find out
adventure
run a risk
take chances
go
wish someone ill
risk
take a chance
hazard
gamble
on a whim
woman up
set one's face against
can't help
put up
prevent
persist
play with fire
chance one's arm
go out on a limb
lest
thole
stick
undistress
dire
strike out
swallow
countercraft
stubborn up
carry the can
lie in the bed one has made
bottle
gird up one's loins
opt out
keep up appearances
stay frosty
cop out
expose oneself
keep on keeping on
stick one's neck out
play with edge-tools
toy with
get what's coming to one
scotch
hesitant
circumspect
discreet
turn to
maul
grasp the nettle
batten down
hack
play catch-up
if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging
underwrite
avoid
lump it
pass
bite the bullet
run the risk
mise
short of
choose
do more harm than good
give something a miss
live
please yourself
make do and mend
reaction
whistle past the graveyard
handle
pigeonhole
fool with
lead with one's chin
dig one's own grave
cross the Rubicon
suffer
lean into
take at advantage
intervene
stand pat
clear the decks
cut out