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.