in the line of fire

“We were afraid the river was going to burst its banks because we were right in the line of fire,” she said.

If they simply don't want to be in the line of fire, it's a sad comment on the military ethos for which they claim to be speaking.

But the California amphibians are once again in the line of fire and another rescue mission could be in the cards.

In Ukraine, one of the six nuclear reactors in the line of fire on the Dnipro River could be hit by artillery and spew radiation.

But some worry the government’s combative approach traps them in the line of fire.