on the razor's edge

To the point of doing something risky or dangerous. Please, you just like him because he's the bad boy who dances on the razor's edge with his motorcycle. I like to live on the razor's edge sometimes and go skydiving.

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In a critical or dangerous predicament. This analogy dates from Homer’s time (Iliad, ca. 850 b.c.): “To all it stands on a razor’s edge, either woeful ruin or life for the Achaeans.” W. Somerset Maugham used it as the title of a philosophical novel (The Razor’s Edge, 1944) exploring the meaning of life. Alan White used it in The Long Silence (1976): “He was living on a razor’s edge. Sooner or later, the Germans were going to begin to suspect.”

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释义	on the razor's edge on the razor's edge To the point of doing something risky or dangerous. Please, you just like him because he's the bad boy who dances on the razor's edge with his motorcycle. I like to live on the razor's edge sometimes and go skydiving. See also: edge, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. razor's edge, on the In a critical or dangerous predicament. This analogy dates from Homer’s time (Iliad, ca. 850 b.c.): “To all it stands on a razor’s edge, either woeful ruin or life for the Achaeans.” W. Somerset Maugham used it as the title of a philosophical novel (The Razor’s Edge, 1944) exploring the meaning of life. Alan White used it in The Long Silence (1976): “He was living on a razor’s edge. Sooner or later, the Germans were going to begin to suspect.” See also: on The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: razor's edge, on the dance on the razor's edge dice dice with death on a razor's edge biker Evel Knievel take (some amount of money) for (something) take an amount of money for dance with death References in periodicals archive Buchanan said: "At this stage England are playing knock-out cricket - every game for them is a knock-out game - which puts a bit of a razor's edge on their team and puts them on the razor's edge as well. Cricket: Buchanan wary of 'razor's edge' threat of next rivals; WORLD CUP But because speech codes raise serious First Amendment concerns, schools may be put on the razor's edge of liability. Sex Harassment in School
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