touch and go
/ˌtʌtʃ ən ˈɡəʊ/INFORMAL · C2
中文对应近似对应
千钧一发
字面意思: «一碰就走»
含义
so uncertain that it could easily end badly
情况难料,很可能出岔子.
例句
- 1It was touch and go whether we'd catch the last train, but we just made it.
- 2For a while it was touch and go whether the café would survive the winter.
- 3Getting the cake ready in time was touch and go, but it came out of the oven just before the guests arrived.
- 4With two big clients gone, it's touch and go for the company this year.
- 5The plane landed safely in the end, but it was touch and go during the storm.
语法
用在 be 之后,常与 it 连用:it was touch and go。用在名词前要加连字符:touch-and-go。
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