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teeter on the brink/edge of something
idiom
If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon: 濒临，处于（糟糕形势）的边缘
What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.我们现在所看到的是一个濒临内战的国家。
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