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Knife-edge (Noun)

Meaning

A narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The company's profits were balanced on a knife-edge between success and bankruptcy.
  • After the accident, her physical and emotional health teetered on a knife-edge between recovery and catastrophe.
  • The politician's career was forever on a knife-edge between fame and scandal.
  • The novel's protagonist walked a knife-edge between reality and madness as the story progressed.
  • The team's chances of making it to the final hung on a knife-edge between winning and losing the remaining games.

Hypernyms

  • Bound
  • Boundary
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