thin ice

But even before then, the commission has been on political thin ice.

Cannon is on “thin ice,” legal experts Norm Eisen, Danya Perry and Josh Colb wrote in a CNN op-ed.

"Previous estimates showed a very thin ice layer over a thick ocean. But our research showed that there needs to be a thick layer -- so thick that convection in the ice, which has previously been debated, is likely."

Wenjie is already on thin ice after taking the fall for a heterodox journalist who passed her a copy of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” and at risk of being physically forced to incriminate other innocent scientists if she stays in prison.

Obita had been on thin ice for much of the match, and a second booking seemed inevitable as he charged carelessly around the pitch, finally coming for a block on Rabbi Matondo.