What is "pitfalls"

Usage examples of "pitfalls".

Many idiomatic words and expressions, peculiar to the language, have been given, besides which a number of the common mistakes and pitfalls have been placed before the reader so that he may know and avoid them.

There are no dangers, except for the few minor pitfalls mentioned above.

How many pitfalls have we made, and has it not walked round every one of them?

In the last, it is shown quite plainly how man has had to struggle for the mastery of his mind, has discovered only after great controversies the proper and effective use of his intellectual tools, and has had to learn to avoid certain widespread traps and pitfalls before he could achieve his present mastery over matter.

Who better knows the pitfalls and glories of our world than one who has seen similar?

Who better than he, he mused, could warn women about the dangers and the pitfalls of the streets?