In light of Owen Wilson's "troubles," let's cut him slack and instead focus on the good times I knew his low moods had caused a barrier between us, but I was willing to cut him endless slack because of my desire not to cause him pain. With his guilty plea now a matter of public record, all Idaho Senator Larry Craig can do is wait and see if he'll be cut any slack Saint Augustine would have cut teens more slack than that. Some people are just hard to like, and when those people tumble into tough times, we're not all that eager to cut them slack. is still in the honeymoon phase of the job, where fans cut him slack. It's often used in a broader sense than that, roughly equivalent to "Give me a break.". I think it has a nautical origin, meaning to stop pulling on the rope and give me a chance to fix whatever is tangling it or otherwise wrong. "Give me a chance to fix this situation", might be one translation. It means to give a person some time and space to adjust the behavior or the situation that got them in trouble. web examples: CUT SOMEBODY SOME SLACK To ease up the pressure on someone to give somebody a break from being criticized. etwas nachsichtiger sein (Bubi) nachsichtig sein, nicht so streng sein (Awisala) Pons-Collins: to cut sb some slack - (fig inf) mit jdm nachsichtig sein NOAD: cut someone some slack - allow someone some leeway in their conduct. Suggestions from archive threads ( cut+slack): etwas großzügiger sein, nicht so kleinlich sein, nicht so pingelig sein (SteffB) mit jmdm.
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