- tread as if on thin ice -- to be very careful; as if treading on [upon] eggs; as if treading on thin ice; like walking on thin ice; timidly, as though treading on holy ground
如履薄冰的用法和样例:
例句
我们可以不理会他而直接去找主席,但那样做我们就如履薄冰了。
We could ignore him and go direct to the chairman, but we'd be skating on very thin ice.
他似乎很满意我对机器操作的叙述,可是我却如履薄冰,因为我自己对那机器实在了解不多。
He seemed satisfied with my description of how the machine works, but I was skating on thin ice because I don't really know much about it myself.