tight rope

基本解释

Those who offer and take bribes are actually hanging a tight rope around their necks.
那些行贿、受贿的人实际上是在给自己的脖子缠上紧紧的绳索。
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I have to admit that dealing with the delicate and touchy relationship with my parents is like walking a tight rope, but it's worth my efforts.
我不得不承认处理父亲与母亲之间微妙和棘手的关系像是在走钢丝绳。但所有的努力都很值得。
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Walking the tight rope and finding balance to me means perfecting all of these areas nearly 100% of the time and this is exhausting and unatainable.
对于我来说，在绷紧的绳子上行走和寻找平衡意味着疲惫和无法得到。

As it seems, the housing market is still walking the tight rope.
FORBES: Home Prices Double-Dipping Before Spring, Says Case-Shiller Index
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is walking the political tight rope.
FORBES: Italian President Giorgio Napolitano Is Trying To Avert A Crisis Of Systemic Proportions
But extremely loose monetary policy should act as a counterbalance, forcing investors to walk the tight rope in making up their minds about the yellow metal next year.
FORBES: Heavy Profit Taking In Gold Has Investors Licking Their Wounds

A tightrope is a tightly stretched piece of rope on which someone balances and performs tricks in a circus.
You can use tightrope in expressions such as walk a tightrope and live on a tightrope to indicate that someone is in a difficult situation and has to be very careful about what they say or do.