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tread a thin line between (something) — tread a fine/thin line between (something) if someone treads a fine line between a good quality and a bad quality, they succeed in having only the good quality. Somehow he manages to tread that fine line between honesty and tactlessness … New idioms dictionary
tread a fine line — walk/tread a fine/thin line idiom to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake • He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. Main entry: ↑lineidiom … Useful english dictionary
tread a fine line between (something) — tread a fine/thin line between (something) if someone treads a fine line between a good quality and a bad quality, they succeed in having only the good quality. Somehow he manages to tread that fine line between honesty and tactlessness … New idioms dictionary
walk a thin line — walk/tread a fine/thin line idiom to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake • He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. Main entry: ↑lineidiom … Useful english dictionary
tread — [[t]tre̱d[/t]] treads, treading, trod, trodden 1) VERB If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. [V on n] Oh, sorry, I didn t mean to tread on your foot... [V on n] I had white rugs on the floor, but… … English dictionary
walk a fine line — walk/tread a fine/thin line idiom to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake • He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. Main entry: ↑lineidiom … Useful english dictionary
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