Usually means: In a precarious or risky situation.
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  1. on thin ice: Merriam-Webster
  2. on thin ice: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on thin ice: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on thin ice: Wiktionary
  5. on thin ice: Dictionary.com
  6. On Thin Ice (TV series), On Thin Ice (comedy group): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. on thin ice: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on thin ice: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. on thin ice: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (on thin ice)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) Dangerously, hazardously, delicately.

Similar:
precariously, perilously, riskily, dangerfully, plightly, dicily, dangerously, slenderly, tickle, hazardously, more...

Opposite:
on solid ground, safe, secure, stable, steady

Types:
skating, walking, driving, riding, hovering, perching, teetering, standing, more...

Phrases:
skate on thin ice, skating on thin ice, Walking on Thin Ice, to walk on thin ice, more...

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Similar:
precariously, perilously, riskily, dangerfully, plightly, dicily, dangerously, slenderly, tickle, hazardously, more...

Opposite:
on solid ground, safe, secure, stable, steady

Types:
skating, walking, driving, riding, hovering, perching, teetering, standing, more...

Phrases:
skate on thin ice, skating on thin ice, Walking on Thin Ice, to walk on thin ice, more...



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