walk a tightrope

English

Verb

walk a tightrope

(figuratively) To undertake a precarious course of action.
The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.

Translations

to undertake a precarious course

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: խուսավարել (xusavarel), խուսանավել (hy) (xusanavel)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走鋼絲 (zh), 走钢丝 (zh) (zǒugāngsī)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: taiteilla (fi), tasapainoilla (fi)
French: être sur le fil, être sur le fil du rasoir (fr)

Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: camminare sul filo del rasoio
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: balansować na krawędzi, stąpać po kruchym lodzie (pl)
Portuguese: andar na corda bamba
Russian: ходи́ть по ле́звию ножа́ (xodítʹ po lézviju nožá) (walk on a knife blade)
Spanish: andar en la cuerda floja
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

walk on eggshells

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