"Walking a Tightrope" is a euphemism for needing to balance multiple tasks or please conflicting interests simulatenously. Often, failing these tasks will cause one harm or lead one to danger.
As an example, someone whose best friends are going through a bitter divorce, both of whom turn to her to complain about their partner's wrong-doings, would be walking an emotional tightrope while trying not to hurt either friend's feelings.
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Walking on air: to be exuberantly happy, excited, and joyful
The prepositional phrase in the sentence "he walked along the tightrope slowly" is "along the tightrope." "Along" is the preposition, and "the tightrope" is the object of the preposition. This phrase provides additional information about where the action of walking took place.
It depends whether YOU actually like it or not.
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There is no gain without risk, and you avoid opputunities because you are unable to handle possible disappointments.
Someone getting their walking papers is just like getting "the pink slip". It means he or she has received his/her notice of termination (the "walking papers" or "pink slip") and is no longer of the company.The idiom of "getting walking papers" has been extended beyond the workplace and into other social situations: in which case it generally means the recipient is being told to get lost and don't come back. For example, a girlfriend dumping a cheating boyfriend can be said to be "giving him his walking papers".
In "Mirette on the High Wire" by Emily Arnold McCully, the first six major events are: 1. Mirette's meeting with Bellini, the famous tightrope walker 2. Mirette discovering her own talent for tightrope walking 3. Bellini offering to teach Mirette 4. Mirette's persistence in learning tightrope walking 5. Mirette successfully walking across the high wire for the first time 6. Mirette's journey with Bellini to Paris for a special performance.
I've been searching for this for years - the music in the tightrope scene has haunted me since I was a kid. Did you ever find out what it is called or where to watch it?
It's not really an idiom. It means "what are you thinking about."