figurative. To be insecure or in danger of ruin. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position (10) stacker1402 figurative. To be insecure or in danger of ruin. Obsolete. periclitate1581 intransitive. To be in danger. rare after 17th cent. to stand on a rolling stone1581 Proverbial phrases. (a) †to roll the stone: to discuss a matter (obsolete). (b) to set (†put) a stone rolling: to start a course of action which may… to lie upon the wager1590 to lie upon the wager: to be at stake. Obsolete. tottera1616 figurative or in figurative context. concern1659 With in. transitive (in passive). To be liable to be affected, esp. adversely, in a particular circumstance or situation; to be at stake. Obsolete. to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 intransitive. In phrases, esp. in figurative sense. to tread on air, to walk buoyantly or jubilantly; cf. walk, v.; to tread on eggs, on delicate grou… tremblea1862 figurative. to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 figurative, esp in phr. (a) to skate over (or on) thin ice; (b) to skate overor round (a fact, subject, etc.), to pass by or over hurriedly, to… to teeter on the brink1937 intransitive. Also figurative, esp. in to teeter on the brink and variant. |
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