| 单词 | on the edge |
| 释义 | Example sentences from the Web for on the edge
on the edgeSEE SYNONYMS FOR on the edge ON THESAURUS.COM In a precarious position; also, in a state of keen excitement, as from danger or risk. For example, When the stock market crashed, their whole future was on the edge, or Skydivers obviously must enjoy living on the edge. on the edge of. On the point of doing something, as in He was on the edge of winning the election when the sex scandal broke. [c. 1600] Both def. 1 and 2 allude to the danger of falling over the edge of a precipice. Words nearby on the edgeon the contrary, on the cuff, on the defensive, on the dot, on the double, on the edge, on the eve of, on the face of it, on the fly, on the fritz, on the go The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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