Noun
tight rope (plural tight ropes)
Alternative spelling of tightrope
tight-rope (plural tight-ropes)
Alternative spelling of tightrope
tight-rope
I keep telling this story - different people, different places, different times - but always you, always me, always this story, because a story is a tight rope between two worlds. Jeanette Winterson
Walkin' the Tightrope, steppin' on my friends Walkin' the tight rope, it was a shame and a sin. Walkin the tight rope between wrong and right. Walkin the tight-rope both day and night. Stevie Ray Vaughan
Having juggled to secure the Presidency and then to form a minority government in the general election, the President and Ranil Wickremesinghe are engaged in a tight rope act of governing, the likes of which we have not seen before. Source: Internet
But at the same time, it's a very tight rope we walk because we want to be very alert and make sure that if something is out of order, or something does not sound right, that we follow up on it as soon as possible." Source: Internet
Over the next budget, we can only walk a tight rope as the finance minister must evoke clear principles on how the national deficit is to be shrunk. Source: Internet