In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you get yourself in a hole, you dig yourself out.
We found ourselves in a hole that I didn't dig, but I have dug, dug and dug to try to get out of that hole.
I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!
It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.
So I went way too in depth? I thought they wanted the hole by hole.
So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it.
When you're in a hole, stop digging.