high wire
- a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
Origin of high wire
First recorded in 1880–85
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Contemporary Examples
That Elgort executes the high-wire act so flawlessly is probably owed to the fact that he shares some of the same qualities.
Ghesquière almost always succeeds with his high-wire balancing act of pop culture, historic art, and modern technology.
It was a high-wire act to be sure, but Calvin Coolidge managed to pull it off.
It is not his puns, tricks, or allusions, though his high-wire gamesmanship is often thrilling.
Crafting humor for supersize egos can be a perilous, high-wire act.
Historical Examples
But for three years we corresponded with some frequency; it was a thin-ice, high-wire business, but I pulled it through.
Marge AskinforitBarry Pain
high wire
- a tightrope stretched high in the air for balancing acts
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