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Luna Linh
2021-03-14 08:03
Walk a fine line spoken language verb phrase
He walks a fine line between being blunt and being rude
Mark walks a fine line between being an idiot and being a genius when he performs that show
Asian families walk a fine line between modernization and tradition custom.
A way of acting or thinking that achieves a healthy balance between two extremes
Not to do too much or too little in anything
Equal power distribution among all of the groups involved
Used when two rivals or teams in a competition or game have the same score, and neither side is the winner
To keep one's balance
This idioms usually accompanies the preposition between (ở giữa) và động từ walk (đi) được chia theo thì của câu.
After that offending jokes, Kate walked a fine line between being sued and getting away with it
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It is unclear where this idiom come from but some might suggest that it came from the action of walking on a tight rope at circus performance. Walking on a tight rope is very hard and require a lot of balance and caution, one mistake can made you fall and lose your life. A fine line is much more thinner than a rope (for example: fishing line) which made it almost impossible to walk on it and hence the meaning of the idiom.
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