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单词 on thin ice
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on thin ice
P4. colloquial (originally U.S.). on thin ice: in a precarious or risky situation. Cf. sense 2b.
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1871 Dartmouth June 231 But dodging this point by the word possibility, he finds himself on thin ice and skates fast to the conclusion.
1920 Pacific Printer June 322/1 The printer who uses slang in talking in type to his prospects is on thin ice.
1962 J. G. Bennett Witness xxii. 287 Thus, without knowing it, I was treading on very thin ice.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 iii. 78 ‘You said the police have found a body.’ I didn't answer his first question... I knew I was on thin ice here.
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