英语词汇“knife-edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

knife-edge

also knife edge

1. on a knife-edge phrase

To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another. [mainly British]

His future remains on a knife edge.

The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.

2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

You can use knife-edge to refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next. [mainly British]

Tonight's knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close.

Idioms:

on a knife-edge [mainly British]

in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next

Our finances are on a knife-edge at the moment.

单词	knife-edge
释义	knife-edge also knife edge 1. on a knife-edge phrase To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another. [mainly British] His future remains on a knife edge. The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You can use knife-edge to refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next. [mainly British] Tonight's knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close. Idioms: on a knife-edge [mainly British] in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next Our finances are on a knife-edge at the moment. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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