Give someone enough rope

Give someone enough rope, and they will hang themselves is a proverb or idiomatic expression meaning that given the opportunity, a person will fail on their own merits, or suffer the consequences of their own actions.

Give someone enough rope or enough rope may also refer to:

• Give 'Em Enough Rope, a 1978 album by English punk group the Clash
• Enough Rope, a 2003 to 2008 Australian TV interview series
• Enough Rope (film), a 1963 film
• Enough Rope, Dorothy Parker's first collection of poetry in 1926

See also

• Not Enough Rope
• , an essay about dealing with blocked editors