the woods本身是“树林、森林”，想象你在森林中迷路了出不来，那么「not out of the woods」就是你还没有走出林地，仍在困境中，所以这个短语的意思是“尚未摆脱困境；尚未渡过难关”，英文释义为“If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.”；“not yet free from difficulties or problems”，如：

The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.

该国经济尚未摆脱困境。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

The U.S. economy is not out of the woods yet.

美国经济尚未摆脱困境。

Their relationship made it through a rough patch, but they're not out of the woods yet; they still have issues to work through.

他们的关系度过了一段艰难时期，但他们尚未脱离困境；他们仍然有问题需要解决。

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Even though the patient's condition has improved significantly, the doctors say we're not out of the woods yet.

她的健康状况虽有所改善，但医生说她尚未脱离困境，需要继续治疗。

The project has been given funding for another year, but it's not out of the woods yet.

这个项目又获得了一年的资金，但仍未摆脱困境。

Her surgery went as well as we could have hoped, but she's not out of the woods yet.

她的手术正如我们所希望的那样顺利，但是尚未脱离危险。

Pedro survived the heart surgery, but he's not out of the woods yet.

Pedro从心脏手术中幸存了下来，但是他还没有脱离危险。

Although the patient has regained consciousness after the six-hour operation, he is not out of woods yet.

经过六个小时的手术，病人已经恢复了意识，但仍未脱离危险。

Many of us long concerned about our declining fiscal situation had been planning to get serious about it once we got out of the woods of the slumping economy.

我们中的许多人长期以来一直担心我们不断下滑的财政状况，并计划在走出经济衰退的困境后认真对待这一问题。

When the patient got out of the woods, everyone relaxed.

当病人脱离危险时，每个人都松了一口气。

As soon as her temperature is down, Mary will be out of the woods.

一旦玛丽的体温降下来，她就会很快渡过难关。

Focus, we are not out of the woods yet.

专心点，我们还没脱离危险区域呢!

If our sales stay strong, we should be out of the woods by the next quarter.

如果我们的销售业绩坚挺，我们下个季度就能够脱离险境了。

Since February is usually the coldest month of the year, we are not exactly out of the woods yet.

由于二月通常是一年中最冷的月份，我们还没有完全摆脱困境。