knife edge

knife edge

Noun

1. the sharp cutting edge of a knife

2. a critical point in the development of a situation: and at this point the election result is still poised on a knife edge

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

knife edge - the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife cutting edge blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

Translations

knife edge n to be on a knife edge → estar en la cuerda floja

knife edge n to be balanced on a knife edge (fig) → auf Messers Schneide stehen

knife edge n to be on a knife edge (fig) → essere appeso/a a un filo