On Thin Ice
What it means
In a precarious position where one more mistake breaks everything underneath you.
Where it comes from
Emerson wrote that in skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed, which remains the most cheerful advice available on the subject and the least practical.
The puzzle it came from
On Thin Ice was the answer to the Phrasicle of July 17, 2025. The clue read On ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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home
delivery
fee
schedule
conflict
shaved
ice
cube
van
gogh
brick
wall
paper
thin
air
peer
pressure
washer
fluid
dynamics
Phrasicle: On Thin Ice