Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 出所進退
- (n) advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude
出処進退の潔さをわきまえている、と彼は言っているけれど、いざとなったらどうだかね。
He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down.