runs with scissors
Ignores safety warnings
Runs with scissors describes reckless or dangerously careless behavior, from the childhood warning against carrying scissors while running.
Someone who runs with scissors takes unnecessary risks or ignores basic safety precautions.
The phrase often appears ironically or affectionately: He's the type who runs with scissors and somehow never gets hurt.
- playing with fireEngaging in reckless behavior
- impulse controlRegulating sudden urges
- skating on thin iceTaking foolish risks
- living dangerouslyEmbracing hazardous choices
- tempting fateRisking bad outcomes recklessly
throwing caution · impulsivity · sharp · cut · negligence · recklessness · daredevil · danger · foolhardiness · scissors · blood · rush · thrill-seeking · irresponsibility · jumping the gun · audacity · point · pushing the envelope
runs with scissorserrs on the side of caution
Acts with excessive prudence
cautious · safety-conscious · risk-averse · careful · prudent
runs with scissorscolors inside the lines
Shade within printed boundaries
by the book · strait-laced · goody two-shoes · conformist · obedient