“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you in hot water.”
— Franklin P. Jones
The idiom "skating on thin ice" means to be doing something that is dangerous or involves risks. For example, "He's skating on thin ice by lying to the police".
BE IN HOT WATER翻譯：陷入困境；惹上麻煩。了解更多。
The idiom alludes to the danger that treading on thin ice will cause it to break. Ralph Waldo Emerson first used the idiom figuratively in his 1841 essay Prudence, writing, “In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed”.
Synonyms of "skate on thin ice" include: be at risk, be vulnerable, be unsafe, and be in jeopardy. BE SKATING ON THIN ICE中文(繁體)翻譯：劍橋詞典
idiom. Add to word list Add to word list. to be doing something that is dangerous or involves risks. 如履薄冰;冒險 He's skating on thin ...
BE SKATING ON THIN ICE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
to be doing something that is dangerous or involves risks: He's skating on thin ice by lying to the police. SMART Vocabulary: rela...
ON THIN ICE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
3 days ago — In a precarious or risky position, as in After failing the midterm, he was on thin ice with his math teacher . This meta...
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