Tightrope

Definition

tightrope /'taÇtrǝƱp/ n ႀကိဳးတန္းေလွ်ာက္ရန္ တန္းထားသည့္ႀကိဳး။ a tightrope walker. ❏ tread/ walk a tightrope [ IDM ] သတိႀကီး စြာျဖင့္ ေဆာင္ရြက္သည္။ The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation.

Examples

1. ‘Parents often must balance on a tightrope between giving too much and too little attention to their child's obesity.’
2. ‘Comedians always seem to walk a tightrope between pathos and humour.’
3. ‘To write without thinking is to walk a tightrope with no net.’
4. ‘A tightrope walker would not attract a second glance if he performed his balancing feat four inches from the ground.’
5. ‘She became a television presenter instead of a tightrope walker.’
6. ‘Audiences too
7. are drawn to the purity of the form; it's a little like watching someone walk a tightrope or bungee jump.’
8. ‘These include crossing a tightrope
9. a rope bridge
10. a swinging log
11. tyres
12. a tension traverse and a ‘crocodile pit’.’
13. ‘Rocked by this dizzying mix of emotions
14. you walk a tightrope
15. balancing your own needs against those of your loved one.’
16. ‘It is a difficult balancing act
17. but
18. at the moment
19. Canadian politicians barely stand on two feet
20. let alone walk a tightrope of any kind.’
21. ‘Her tree climbing was often described as how an ox would try to walk a tightrope.’
22. ‘All useful thought is founded on these two approaches working in tandem and balancing each other the way a long pole balances a tightrope walker.’
23. ‘You'd think she was about to walk a tightrope between two skyscrapers or something!’
24. ‘But as matters stand
25. Scotland are in limbo
26. consigned to treading a tightrope with players balancing jobs and sport.’
27. ‘He has to walk a tightrope
28. not just one
29. but many
30. strung between all the many factions of this deeply divided nation.’
31. ‘So the government is having to walk a tightrope here.’
32. ‘The men and women who take amazing risks by jumping great distances on motorcycles and in cars
33. walk thin tightropes high above the ground
34. and get dangerously close to animals have long been a source of inspiration and shock.’
35. ‘They walk a tightrope between triumph and disaster.’
36. ‘Sometimes
37. when moving along a large branch
38. or on the ground
39. they stand upright with their arms held high for balance
40. like a tightrope walker.’
41. ‘A couple of the more adventurous and acrobatic have even made the leap from one side of the garden to the other
42. spinning long tightropes way above head height.’
43. ‘Does this sound like a balancing act on a tightrope?’