red line
Noun
Meaning
a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink
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Almost every policymaker and analyst tells us that Taiwan is the one red line Beijing will act on because it believes the island is an “inalienable” part of China.
Barely forty-eight (48) hours after the Covid-19 casualties hit a hair raising figure of 68 deaths, Nigeria's death toll has tragically risen to 87, putting the country on a red line among 10 African countries badly hit by the virus.
A litmus test — a standard beyond which one won’t go, like ’s famous red line in Syria — was once derided as the mark of a rigid mind.
Boruch Hashem, the Kinneret rose about five cm over Shabbos and is now 1.64 meters below the upper red line.
Firewalls in vehicles main The firewall in an automobile (indicated by the red line) Jeep Liberty firewall insulation Firewalls are also regularly found in aircraft and in specially prepared cars for compartmentalisation and competition use.
'As he warned me before, "Don't touch the red line,"' Yan said to Fox News, referring to the government.