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Walking A Tightrope

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Walking A Tightrope - to be in a very delicate situation and the wrong decision can be catastrophic

• The doctors are walking on a tightrope trying to save the man a plane crash.
• I do not want to feel like I am walking a tightrope while at work.
• There are teachers that have to walk a tightrope. It is not easy to be a teacher.
• The people in the village have to walk a tightrope, as not to upset the army.
• The health mistarty has to walk a tightrope, because they have to keep the public safe.

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