tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
tightrope Idiom, Proverb
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."
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