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to walk a tightrope
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to be in a situation where one has to be careful about every decision they make because even one mistake can pose a great risk
Idiom
Informal
Exemples
I ’m walking a tightrope at the moment; one more mistake and I might lose my job.
As a diplomat, he had to tread a tightrope between the conflicting interests of two rival nations.
