"on thin ice" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-on thin ice.ogg
Etymology: Suggesting a person skating or walking on a frozen-over body of water, at risk of breaking through and falling into the water. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} on thin ice (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Dangerously, hazardously, delicately. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Related terms: skate on thin ice Translations (at risk): en situaciò perillosa (Catalan), heikolla jäällä (Finnish), sur la corde raide (French), auf dünnem Eis (German), abu di atas tanggul (Indonesian), sul filo del rasoio (Italian), in periculō (Latin), stąpać po cienkim lodzie [imperfective] (Polish), em situação delicada (Portuguese), em situação difícil (Portuguese), pe muchie de cuțit (Romanian), на танком леду (na tankom ledu) (Serbo-Croatian), a riesgo (Spanish), en la cuerda floja [often] (Spanish), på tunn is (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-on_thin_ice-en-adv-fDm5nO33

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on thin ice.ogg
Etymology: Suggesting a person skating or walking on a frozen-over body of water, at risk of breaking through and falling into the water. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on thin ice, {{en-PP}} on thin ice
  1. (idiomatic) In a dangerous, hazardous, or delicate situation; at risk. Tags: idiomatic
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "at risk",
          "word": "en situaciò perillosa"
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          "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "at risk",
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      "sense": "at risk",
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      "sense": "at risk",
      "word": "sul filo del rasoio"
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      "sense": "at risk",
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