teeter on the brink/edge of sth

teeter on the ˈbrink/ˈedge of sthto be very close to a very unpleasant or dangerous situation处在（灾难或危险）的边缘；濒临The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

• exhumations
• chase mortised
• nuchae
• keep the lid on
• piscivorous
• live over again
• withholding table
• esthesio-
• escolars
• mixed tithe
• workability
• set theoretic
• Norris, George William
• vinoes
• impecuniously
• w.p.b.
• omophorion
• Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan
• admission free
• cryoextractions
• stop-loss orders
• interconvertibility
• society finch
• jazzies
• inconspicuousness
• metatalc
• honey-cooler
• outlines
• antipapal
• the atmosphere
• planetology
• greenhouse potential
• thick-tailed bushbabies
• dry-charged battery
• as dry as a chip
• retro fashion
• gynecopathy
• vote
• comely
• armed robberies
• mountain ash
• vogesite
• akermanite
• open your heart (to sb)
• ascetically
• Manus
• operatise
• field of vision / view
• Beecher, Catharine Esther
• trial subscription
• betelling
• roofie
• scenographies
• redenied
• spreadsheet program
• boozing
• billyboy dolly
• take the stand
• auroral caps
• blackhearts
• dot one's i's and cross the t's
• outmatch
• heart urchin
• schoolmastership
• hundredths
• ophthalmodynamometer
• photodiodes
• incident power
• misconstructions
• Pliny, the younger
• dualistic theory
• come off
• cureless ly
• composite profile
• manoes
• Silvani
• instantaneous field of view
• much（或 still）less
• osmiridium
• ice up
• artistries
• Weather Bureau
• potato Y-mosaic virus
• obsoletism
• stipites
• slam-bangs
• neuroepitheliums
• sunspot minimum
• Cd-roms
• Christendoms
• geraints
• factionally
• heterographic
• victrola
• concretizing
• S.S.C.
• TV-14
• screen time
• eyebrows
• 1-amino-2-naphtol-4-sulfonic acid