The phrase
"edge of a cliff" means being at the very steep and dangerous part of a tall, rocky hill or mountain, where one wrong step can lead to falling off and getting hurt or even dying.
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You not only want to leave your readers hanging
on edge of the cliff with your character, but you also want to give them a tiny sneak peek of what's on the other side.
This Villa's view is simply nothing like you've experienced before.To our surprise, for being so high and
at edge of a cliff, it wasn't windy or cold.The service was incredible, Veronica, Leno and Maria were all wonderful.
The roads in the Amalfi Coast are extremely curvy and many are on
edges of cliffs so most people rather have an experienced driver drive them and I couldn't agree more!
«You need to be able to get to
the edge of the cliff and decide that you're going to jump,» Civilized's Riedle concludes.
I think a lot of people in the industry recognize this... And even if they are only whispering to each other... I think the advertising industry is like lemmings on
the edge of a cliff.
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank has continued its own monetary stimulus and looks to be backing further bailouts to keep the region from falling off
the edge of the cliff.
I am not sure — but I am sure that Gold is right at
the edge of the cliff hanging on by its finger nails.
So, what do you say we tear down the fence, stand on
the edge of the cliff and jump into the unknown, beautiful, creative heart of God?
And most people are too proud to admit that they will follow their appetites right off
the edge of a cliff.
A years - old controversy about a dog means squat to the voters nationwide when our country is on
the edge of the cliff, fiscally speaking.
It would be irresponsible — it's tempting to say criminally irresponsible — not to step back from what could all too easily turn out to be
the edge of a cliff.
At the far, far end of the wood, the trees (questions) start to clear away until finally you stand at
the edge of a cliff.
She stood at
the edge of the cliff until the sun came out from behind the black rainclouds.
There is only one reason for pushing a goat up to
the edge of a cliff and that is so they push back.
A wise friend once noted, «When you are standing on
the edge of a cliff, progress is not defined as one step forward.»
If you notice, The Fountainhead begins with a baptism... Roark standing on
the edge of the cliff, preparing to dive into the water.
God is reaching out as you hang on
the edge of the cliff, will you grab his hand or slap it away and fall to your death?
That's because the 10 commandments are the line in the sand, the ultimate limit, the fence at
the edge of the cliff, which you must not violate and cross (Because those who do willfully violate them, drive the Holy Spirit — God — out of their soul, lose Sanctifying Grace, and merit Hell.).
I am looking up at the oceans of water coming over
the edge of the cliff.
There's a hike called Ha Ling and you literally scramble up to
the edge of a cliff face over which you could fall several hundred feet to your death.
I am so grateful for people in my life like Roy who help lift me back from
the edge of the cliff.
«It's like my mother or my best friend is on
the edge of a cliff.
But it shares the same reserve weakness that Ohio State has (nobody will have a strong bench at Kansas City) and must live once again like a man on
the edge of a cliff because of Hogue's fouling.
Liverpool trying to resurrect an empire through spending and Man U trying to stop an empire sliding over
the edge of a cliff through even more drastic spending.
One minute Cleveland Hope was alive, standing on
the edge of a cliff, and the next it had fallen off and was lying dead atop a pile of crushed peanuts shells and empty beer cans.
YS V AN — no contest but AN not much use with his form just gone off
the edge of a cliff.
I agree that we are perilously close to
the edge of the cliff with Rivers.
However, they cling on to past glories like the cartoon character clinging to
the edge of the cliff, and don't seem to recognise that their dominance no longer exists.
We are all familiar with the cartoon character who has run off
the edge of a cliff, legs continuing to race furiously, but who is suspended in midair defying the laws of gravity until finally noticing their own predicament.
Or, Stop dangling your brother over
the edge of that cliff!
If you're standing on
the edge of a cliff, anxiety is a normal emotional response which is meant to alert us to danger.
I'm standing on
the edge of a cliff of decision and am scared to death to take the plunge.
When it hits, I feel so out of control like I'm stumbling over
the edge of a cliff without a rope.
«Stop acting like Democratic light becasue when you keep backing up, you're going to be hanging off
the edge of a cliff.
«Plenty of other MPs know Corbyn is walking the Labour party off
the edge of a cliff.
But we still have a chance to turn back from
the edge of the cliff and enact the major reforms needed to get New York's economy growing again.
«The British economy is now standing at
the edge of a cliff,» he says.
They add that while the economy seemed to be running well, in truth it was like the bus hanging over
the edge of a cliff at the end of the Italian Job.
The party is now at
the edge of a cliff, dangling before an imminent plunge into ruin and forfeiture.