Sentence examples for setting yourself up for a fall from inspiring English sources

You're only setting yourself up for a fall.

When you say you want to do this and that, you are just setting yourself up for a fall or disappointment if it doesn't happen," he says.

You have to find a way to work around the system, but if you make too much noise and draw attention to yourself, you're just setting yourself up for a fall".

"You try not to put these horses on a pedestal, because you're setting yourself up for a fall," said Stevens, who added a second Preakness victory to his Hall of Fame résumé, which includes three triumphs in the Derby and two in the Belmont.

Secondly: you are setting yourself up for a fall.

It is very hard for anyone to live up to another person's expectations, and when you have expectations and expect someone else to fulfill them, you are setting yourself up for a fall.

You're setting yourself up for disappointment".

Set yourself up for success this year!

Set yourself up for the kill.

Don't set yourself up for failure.

They really set those old bitches up for a fall.