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sail close to the wind
idiom
to do something that is dangerous or only just legal or acceptable: 冒风险（干危险、几近违法或逾规的事情）
You were sailing a little close to the wind there when you made those remarks about his wife.你那么说他的妻子可有点儿冒险。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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adventurer
all in
be skating on thin iceidiom
bet the farm/ranchidiom
broke
compromise
expose
gamble
have/put your head on the blockidiom
hazard
high wire
high-stakes
imperil
put your neck on the lineidiom
put/lay something on the lineidiom
re-expose
risk
run the risk of doing somethingidiom
sail
skate
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