Walk a tightrope
Also, be on a tightrope. Take or be on a very precarious course, as in A university press must walk a tightrope to publish scholarly books and still make money, or The general was on a tightrope as to whether he should advance or retreat. This idiom transfers the balancing act performed by tightrope or high-wire acrobats to other concerns. [ First half of 1900s ]
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- Walkaway
noun 1. an easy victory or conquest. 2. a patient or inmate who escapes from an institution by walking away when not being supervised or guarded. walk
- Walk away from
walk all over someone walk away from 1. Survive an accident with little injury, as in They were lucky to walk away from that collision. [ Second half of 1900s ] 2. Refuse to deal with or become involved, abandon, as in No parent finds it easy to walk away from a child in trouble. […]
- Walk away with
walkaway walk away with see: walk off with
- Walk back the cat
walk away with
- Walk-behind
adjective 1. being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls. noun 2. a walk-behind machine.