He'd do better to remember a saying - when you're in a hole, stop digging!
The man stopped digging, rested on his fork for a moment.
When they stopped digging, he went over to inspect their work.
But that did not mean he was going to stop running and digging.
First rule of politics: when you are in a hole, stop digging.
Let's hope that in the next 24-36 hours, governments have the wisdom to stop digging.
We're in a hole, and we have to stop digging.
Tonight, after pulling out two bodies that they said were the last, workers finally stopped digging.
When in a hole, one should stop digging, and I therefore ask him to give us full disclosure.
The first rule for one wanting to get out of a hole is to stop digging.