touch and go

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).

Verb

1. To perform a touch-and-go landing.
2. To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.

Konzepte

Beinahe-Katastrophe

Synonyme

close call

critical moment

by a hair’s breath