sul filo del rasoio

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Literally, on the wire of the razor. Compare French sur le fil du rasoir.

Prepositional phrase edit

sul filo del rasoio

  1. (idiomatic) on the knife-edge, on the edge, on thin ice
    camminare sul filo del rasoioto walk a tightrope (literally, “to walk on the knife-edge”)