balancing act

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1. balancing act - Noun

2. balancing act - Phrase

Meaning

(entertainment) A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully.

(figuratively, idiomatic) An effort to manage many conflicting or competing items or interests.

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Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Dr. Seuss

I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop. Lois McMaster Bujold

It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty. Simone de Beauvoir

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains. Dr. Seuss

The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it. Kerri Walsh

And why the need for a tightrope balancing act in the execution of the FY 2015 national budget, particularly with respect to the Supreme Court decision on the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program? Francis Escudero

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