de trop Идиома

walk a tightrope

Idiom(s): walk a tightrope

Theme: DIFFICULTY

to be in a situation where one must be very cautious.
• I've been walking a tightrope all day. I need to relax.
• Our business is about to fail. We've been walking a tightrope for three months.

walk a tightrope|tightrope|walk

v. phr. To be in a dangerous or awkward situation where one cannot afford to make a single mistake. "When we landed on the moon in 1969," Armstrong explained, "we were walking a tightrope till the very end."

tightrope

tightrope
see walk a tightrope.

de trop

Unnecessary or superfluous. This French byword agency "too much." Having both a alcazar and pony rides is de trop for a one-year-old's altogether party, don't you think?Learn more: DE

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English Vocalbulary

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