knife-edge
- n a narrow boundary
he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity
- With Lebanon balanced on a knife-edge since Hariri's killing two years ago, many fear that unrest could cause the country to stumble backwards into the civil war that ravaged the .
- Alvin skirted the Titanic's knife-edge bow, where the great liner's name was obscured by "rivers of rust," then explored the foredeck and port side, where the scientists spotted .
- Though Zhang may resemble many of China's interchangeable celluloid cutiesbamboo-slender physique, doe eyes, knife-edge cheekbonesher acting has a seasoned intelligence that .