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Meaning of be skating on thin ice in English

be skating on thin ice

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to be doing something that is dangerous or involves risks:
He's skating on thin ice by lying to the police.
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(Definition of be skating on thin ice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of be skating on thin ice

in Chinese (Traditional)
如履薄冰, 冒險…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
如履薄冰, 冒险…
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in Spanish
pisar terreno resbaladizo…
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in Portuguese
brincar com fogo…
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