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