teetering on the brink/edge of
idiom
: close to being in a specified state or condition
The countries are teetering on the brink of war.
The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction.
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Bourbon was aged for 19 years and three months, which Bhakta himself admits is pretty old for a bourbon, possibly teetering on the edge of drinkable.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, contests in Glendale Union High School District and Roosevelt Elementary School District are teetering on the edge of the recount margin.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
In one of the best performances of Sissy Spacek’s career (and shame on all the awards-giving bodies who snubbed it), the Oscar winner plays a woman teetering on the edge of sanity, unsure not just of what is happening but when.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
This is a repeat of the same message that has been happening for months, the United States government is teetering on the edge of a shutdown.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 28 Feb. 2024
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, contests in Glendale Union High School District and Roosevelt Elementary School District are teetering on the edge of the recount margin.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
In one of the best performances of Sissy Spacek’s career (and shame on all the awards-giving bodies who snubbed it), the Oscar winner plays a woman teetering on the edge of sanity, unsure not just of what is happening but when.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
This is a repeat of the same message that has been happening for months, the United States government is teetering on the edge of a shutdown.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 28 Feb. 2024
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