tightrope

be walking a tightrope

To be doing something very carefully. Since there's been talk of layoffs, I've been walking a tightrope at work to prove how valuable I am.

walk a tightrope

To do something that requires extreme care and precision; to navigate a situation that allows very little or no error. Since there's been talk of layoffs, I've been walking a tightrope at work to prove how valuable I am.

walk a tightrope

Fig. 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

Also, be on a tightrope. Take or be on a very precarious course, as in A university press must walk a tightrope to publish scholarly books and still make money , or The general was on a tightrope as to whether he should advance or retreat. This idiom transfers the balancing act performed by tightrope or high-wire acrobats to other concerns. [First half of 1900s]

be walking a tightrope

COMMON If someone is walking a tightrope, they are in a difficult situation where a small mistake could cause failure, especially because they are trying to deal with two opposing things or groups of people. He is walking a tightrope between the young activists and the more traditional members within the democracy movement. He knows he is walking a tightrope on just how big his company can grow before the public turns against it. Note: You can call someone's attempt to deal with this type of situation a tightrope walk. The strategy is something of a tightrope walk.

tread/walk a ˈtightrope

be on a ˈtightrope

be in a situation where you must act very carefully: I’m walking a tightrope at the moment; one more mistake and I might lose my job.

A tightrope is a rope high up in the air that an acrobat walks along at a circus.

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释义	tightrope be walking a tightrope To be doing something very carefully. Since there's been talk of layoffs, I've been walking a tightrope at work to prove how valuable I am. See also: tightrope, walking walk a tightrope To do something that requires extreme care and precision; to navigate a situation that allows very little or no error. Since there's been talk of layoffs, I've been walking a tightrope at work to prove how valuable I am. See also: tightrope, walk Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. walk a tightrope Fig. 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. See also: tightrope, walk McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. walk a tightrope Also, be on a tightrope. Take or be on a very precarious course, as in A university press must walk a tightrope to publish scholarly books and still make money , or The general was on a tightrope as to whether he should advance or retreat. This idiom transfers the balancing act performed by tightrope or high-wire acrobats to other concerns. [First half of 1900s] See also: tightrope, walk The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. be walking a tightrope COMMON If someone is walking a tightrope, they are in a difficult situation where a small mistake could cause failure, especially because they are trying to deal with two opposing things or groups of people. He is walking a tightrope between the young activists and the more traditional members within the democracy movement. He knows he is walking a tightrope on just how big his company can grow before the public turns against it. Note: You can call someone's attempt to deal with this type of situation a tightrope walk. The strategy is something of a tightrope walk. See also: tightrope, walking Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. tread/walk a ˈtightrope , be on a ˈtightrope be in a situation where you must act very carefully: I’m walking a tightrope at the moment; one more mistake and I might lose my job. A tightrope is a rope high up in the air that an acrobat walks along at a circus. See also: tightrope, tread, walk Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: be walking a tightrope inch (one's) way along (something) inch (oneself) along (something) inch along inch way along tread/walk a tightrope walk a tightrope something of the kind something of the sort something of the/that kind/sort References in periodicals archive One of Russia's current top tightrope walkers, Rasul Abakarov, is of Dagestani origin though he grew up in Saint Petersburg. In Russia's Dagestan, tightrope tradition on brink of extinction Tightrope debuted last September as part of the Kyiv Biennial. Taus Makhacheva Top tightrope walkers also sometimes use heavy poles which improve muscle tone in the arms. tried & tested tightrope walking In 1974, Petit, now 63, broke into the Twin Towers and tightrope walked between them, approximately 1,368 ft above the ground. Nik Wallenda Hopes To Walk Between Chrysler And Empire State Buildings After Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk Nik, 34, said that this latest event will be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to walk at such a great height as well as a chance to honour his great grandfather, the legendary Karl Wallenda, who died after falling from a tightrope in Puerto Rico in 1978. Tightrope legend Nik Wallenda to cross Grand Canyon Wallenda, a charming and generous performer who won legions of admirers during his stay in Niagara Falls before his enormously successful and historic tightrope walk, will have an even bigger challenge on Sunday when he attempts to walk the quarter mile across the Grand Canyon on a steel cable without a harness. Nik gets ready for Grand Canyon walk AGALE was blowing but the tightrope walker insisted on performing his death-defying feats, ignoring pleas to come down. Death-defying tightrope feats; Merseyside Tales by Stephen Guy Summary: Stuntman to tightrope walk the Grand Canyon. Stuntman to tightrope walk the Grand Canyon This is what aerialist Nik Wallenda might look like when he undertakes a tightrope walk near the Grand Canyon. Daredevil's Grand Canyon plan for TV stunt London, July 8( ANI ): Daredevil wirewalker Jay Cochrane walked 581feet up in the air on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls in the first of the 81walks across a tightrope to achieve a world record. 'Prince of the Air' surmounts Niagara Falls tightrope in first of 81 skywalks 600ft in air A DAREDEVIL has become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet across the brink of Niagara Falls. Don't look down, Nik.. A daredevil was flying high yesterday after walking across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. FALLS GUY WALKS (CAREFULLY) INTO HISTORY BOOKS Perhaps that's why I think of IT storage pros a little bit as tightrope walkers, balancing the need to drive projects to fruition with the budget, operational and IT demands they face day to day. IT managers walking a tightrope between resources and data growth Most of us live our lives like we're on a tightrope, teetering between giving our all at work, giving our all to family, getting just enough sleep, and then doing it again the next day. Crashing the myth of work/life balance
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