touch and go

Nghĩa

so uncertain that it could easily end badly

Bấp bênh đến mức rất dễ kết thúc tồi tệ.

Ví dụ

1. 1It was touch and go whether we’d catch the last train, but we just made it.
2. 2For a while it was touch and go whether the café would survive the winter.
3. 3Getting the cake ready in time was touch and go, but it came out of the oven just before the guests arrived.
4. 4With two big clients gone, it’s touch and go for the company this year.
5. 5The plane landed safely in the end, but it was touch and go during the storm.

Ngữ pháp

Dùng sau be, thường với it: it was touch and go. Khi đứng trước danh từ thì có dấu gạch nối: touch-and-go.

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