Dictionary entry

Tightrope

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɪtrəʊp/

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌɪtrəʊp/

Myanmar Meaning

ဘားကျွမ်းသမားများ သရုပ်ဆောင်ရန် မြေပြင်အထက်၌ ဆန့်တန်းထားသည့် ကြိုးလုံးကြီး။

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?’