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Meaning of walk a tightrope | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To undertake a precarious course of action.

figuratively

Equivalents

Español andar en la cuerda floja
Suomi taiteilla taiteilla tasapainoilla tasapainoilla
Français être sur le fil être sur le fil du rasoir
Հայերեն խուսանավել
Italiano camminare sul filo del rasoio
日本語 綱渡り 綱渡をする
Polski stąpać po kruchym lodzie
Português andar na corda bamba
Русский ходи́ть по ле́звию ножа́

Examples

“The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.”
“The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say⟳ about things like⟳: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel⟳ writing and reporting, no mean⟳ feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […].”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

walk all over walk and chew gum at the same time walk around walk away walk away from walk away with

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