walk a tightrope

to be in a difficult situation in which something bad could happen if you make a mistake 走钢丝〔比喻处境困难，如有差错就会发生不好的事〕

I feel as though I’m walking a tightrope between success and failure.

我感到自己就像走钢丝一样，在成功与失败之间摇摆。

Examples from the Corpus

walk a tightrope• All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.• It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.• But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope.• Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.• The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.• The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope.• She sometimes felt she was walking a tightrope, wanting to be friendly with Therese, and yet terrified of upsetting Karl.

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释义	walk a tightrope walk a tightrope to be in a difficult situation in which something bad could happen if you make a mistake 走钢丝〔比喻处境困难，如有差错就会发生不好的事〕 I feel as though I’m walking a tightrope between success and failure. 我感到自己就像走钢丝一样，在成功与失败之间摇摆。 Examples from the Corpus walk a tightrope• All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.• It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.• But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope.• Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.• The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.• The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope.• She sometimes felt she was walking a tightrope, wanting to be friendly with Therese, and yet terrified of upsetting Karl. → walk a tightrope at tightrope(1)
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