be touch-and-go
to not be at all certain (often + whether ) After the accident it was touch-and-go whether she would survive
very uncertain or critical. Things were touch-and-go at the office until a new manager was hired. Jane had a serious operation, and everything was touch-and-go for two days after her surgery
If something is touch-and-go, it is very uncertain; if someone is ill and may well die, then it is touch-and-go
Extremely uncertain or risky, as in It was touch and go after the surgery; we were not sure he'd survive it, or It was touch and go but they finally gave me a seat on the plane. This idiom implies that a mere touch may cause a calamity
to not be at all certain (often + whether ) After the accident it was touch-and-go whether she would survive
very uncertain or critical. Things were touch-and-go at the office until a new manager was hired. Jane had a serious operation, and everything was touch-and-go for two days after her surgery
If something is touch-and-go, it is very uncertain; if someone is ill and may well die, then it is touch-and-go
Extremely uncertain or risky, as in It was touch and go after the surgery; we were not sure he'd survive it, or It was touch and go but they finally gave me a seat on the plane. This idiom implies that a mere touch may cause a calamity
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