Meaning of walk a tightrope | Babel Free

Definitions

To undertake a precarious course of action.

figuratively

Equivalents

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; […].”

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