清水の舞台から飛び降りる (leap of faith)

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A classic idiom literally 'to jump from the stage of Kiyomizu(-dera temple),' meaning to take a decisive, daring plunge. Refers to the famous 13-meter-high wooden stage of Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera, where an old superstition claimed jumpers who survived would have their wish granted.

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