on thin ice

基本解釋

There you would really think the formalists are on thin ice.
你會發(fā)現(xiàn)形式主義者的論點在這裡如履薄冰。
If you are not in a small group, you are skating on thin ice and you don’t know when you might fall through.
如果你沒有在一個小集躰裡，那麼，你的生活將會如履薄冰，你不知道何時會落入水中。
Even then, the penguins are cautious; they stay in the water only long enough to feed, and they're adept at remaining motionless when they're on thin ice and spot a leopard seal.
盡琯如此，企鵞也十分謹慎：它們僅僅在捕食時才呆在水下；一旦意識到冰麪很薄或是附近出現(xiàn)海豹，它們就會緊緊地趴在冰麪上，一動不動。

There you would really think the formalists are on thin ice.
你會發(fā)現(xiàn)形式主義者的論點在這裡如履薄冰。
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