tight rope

基本解釋

Those who offer and take bribes are actually hanging a tight rope around their necks.
那些行賄、受賄的人實(shí)際上是在給自己的脖子纏上緊緊的繩索。
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I have to admit that dealing with the delicate and touchy relationship with my parents is like walking a tight rope, but it's worth my efforts.
我不得不承認(rèn)處理父親與母親之間微妙和棘手的關(guān)系像是在走鋼絲繩。但所有的努力都很值得。
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Walking the tight rope and finding balance to me means perfecting all of these areas nearly 100% of the time and this is exhausting and unatainable.
對(duì)于我來說，在繃緊的繩子上行走和尋找平衡意味著疲憊和無法得到。

As it seems, the housing market is still walking the tight rope.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is walking the political tight rope.
FORBES: Italian President Giorgio Napolitano Is Trying To Avert A Crisis Of Systemic Proportions
But extremely loose monetary policy should act as a counterbalance, forcing investors to walk the tight rope in making up their minds about the yellow metal next year.
FORBES: Heavy Profit Taking In Gold Has Investors Licking Their Wounds

A tightrope is a tightly stretched piece of rope on which someone balances and performs tricks in a circus.
You can use tightrope in expressions such as walk a tightrope and live on a tightrope to indicate that someone is in a difficult situation and has to be very careful about what they say or do.