Meaning of tightrope-walking | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

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“The programme for to-day will be the same as yesterday, shooting, dancing, tightrope-walking, athletic feats, and on the third day the prizes will be distributed, and the Schuetzen King crowned by 50 young ladies, and the whole will terminate with a dinner to the invited guests.”

“She engages in none of the compromise that is crucial to holding together Cameron’s coalition government, negotiates none of the tightrope-walking that is necessary to maintaining Britain’s association with the European Union as citizens question its value.”

“How are you at tightrope-walking? To raise kids who don’t bully, you need to supervise carefully and correct as needed, like when they say mean things to people’s faces or behind their backs: “Hey — how would you feel if someone said that to/about you?””

“One is rumoured to be a live-action remake of Disney classic The Aristocats, but the only one he’s allowed to discuss is a nearly completed documentary about Sly Stone, “a 20,000-piece puzzle that took a lot of meticulous tightrope-walking to put together”, that delves not just into his music, but his capacity for self-sabotage.”

“Leading the GDC requires some delicate tightrope-walking, because the role answers to a board of commissioners from three separate interests: New York, New Jersey and Amtrak.”

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