walk/tread a tightrope

walk/tread a tightrope
walk/tread a tightrope
to consider carefully the decisions or risks that you take in order to deal successfully with a difficult situation: »

Increasing numbers of employers are having to walk a tightrope between immigration laws and laws relating to discrimination.

Main Entry: tightrope

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • tightrope — UK US /ˈtaɪtrəʊp/ noun [C] ● walk/tread a tightrope Cf. walk/tread a tightrope …   Financial and business terms

  • walk a tightrope — walk/tread a tightrope ► to consider carefully the decisions or risks that you take in order to deal successfully with a difficult situation: »Increasing numbers of employers are having to walk a tightrope between immigration laws and laws… …   Financial and business terms

  • walk a tightrope — To follow a narrow and difficult route beset with dangers, as if on a tightrope • • • Main Entry: ↑walk * * * walk a tightrope phrase to be in a difficult situation in which a very small mistake could have very bad results He was walking a… …   Useful english dictionary

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