KNIFE-EDGE


Meaning of KNIFE-EDGE in English

also knife edge

1.

To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another. ( mainly BRIT )

The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.

PHRASE : oft v-link PHR

2.

You can use knife-edge to refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next. ( mainly BRIT )

Tonight’s knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close.

ADJ : ADJ n

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