skate on thin ice

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Verb

skate on thin ice (third-person singular simple present skates on thin ice, present participle skating on thin ice, simple past and past participle skated on thin ice)

1. (idiomatic) To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.

   If I concur to that I will be skating on thin ice.

   • 1961 January, John W. Collins, “Postal Games”, in Chess Review:

     Black is tossed a Pawn, skates on very thin ice in the opening and just manages to reach shore and win the ending.

Translations

to be in potentially risky situation

• Czech: chodit po tenkém ledě, bruslit na tenkém ledu
• Finnish: liikkua heikoilla jäillä
• German: sich auf dünnem Eis bewegen
• Polish: stąpać po cienkim lodzie (pl) impf
• Swedish: vara ute på hal is