walk the tightrope

  • 1Walk the Tightrope — Infobox Album | Name = Walk the Tightrope Type = Album Artist = Human Nature Released = 23 April, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Pop | Disco Length = 45:48 Label = Sony BMG/Columbia Producer = Reviews = [http://www.undercover.com.au/reviews/urhumannature… …

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  • 2walk a tightrope — To follow a narrow and difficult route beset with dangers, as if on a tightrope • • • Main Entry: ↑walk * * * walk a tightrope phrase to be in a difficult situation in which a very small mistake could have very bad results He was walking a… …

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  • 3walk a tightrope — {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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  • 4walk a tightrope — {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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  • 5walk a tightrope — walk/tread a tightrope ► to consider carefully the decisions or risks that you take in order to deal successfully with a difficult situation: »Increasing numbers of employers are having to walk a tightrope between immigration laws and laws… …

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  • 6walk a tightrope — to act carefully to avoid creating enemies or a dangerous situation. The show has always walked a tightrope between old fashioned humor and modern comedy. The organization s director must walk a tightrope between various religious groups.… …

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  • 7walk a tightrope —    If you walk a tightrope, you have to be very careful not to annoy or anger people who could become enemies.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If a person is walking a tightrope, they are in a difficult or delicate situation where they… …

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  • 8walk\ a\ tightrope — 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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  • 9walk a tightrope — verb To undertake a precarious course of action. The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly …

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  • 10The Flying Wallendas — is the name of a famous group of circus act and daredevil stunts performers, most known for performing death defying stunts without a safety net. They were first known as The Great Wallendas , but the current name was coined by the press in the… …

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