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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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Phrasicle: On Thin Ice

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