on shaky ground

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on shaky ground

  1. insecure; unlikely to succeed or last
    • 1989, Bob Blauner, Black Lives, White Lives:
      But I actually believe the whole god-damn country is on shaky ground, and for me to be securing shit for the future might not do me a damn bit of good.
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