on the edge

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*on the edge

Fig. very anxious and about to become distraught; on the verge of becoming irrational. (*Typically: be ~; live ~. See also on edge.) After the horrible events of the last week, we are all on the edge.

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But now, drawing back to the edge of the table, gradually lower your eye (thus bringing yourself more and more into the condition of the inhabitants of Flatland), and you will find the penny becoming more and more oval to your view, and at last when you have placed your eye exactly on the edge of the table (so that you are, as it were, actually a Flatlander) the penny will then have ceased to appear oval at all, and will have become, so far as you can see, a straight line. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context Jeremy sat disconsolately on the edge of his boat--sucking his sore fingers and peering down into the water--a MUCH worse thing happened; a really FRIGHTFUL thing it would have been, if Mr. The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context Now, a back-handed stroke, on the edge, takes long practice. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive on the dole on the dot on the double on the edge on the edge of seat on the eve of on the face of it on the face of the earth on the factory floor on the fast track on the fence on the firing line on the fly on the fringe on the fritz on the front burner on the front line of on the front lines of on the good side of on the heels of on the hoof on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level			On the Course Side on the cuff on the cuff on the cuff on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the decline on the defensive on the defensive on the defensive On the docket On the docket on the dole on the dole on the dole on the dole On the Door on the doorstep on the doorstep on the dot on the dot on the dot On the Double On the Double On the Double On the Double On the Double On the Double On the Down Low on the edge On The Edge Christian Centre On The Edge Of on the edge of seat on the edge of seat on the edge of seat on the edge of seat on the edge of seat On the Edge Watersports On the European plan on the eve of on the face of it on the face of it on the face of it on the face of it on the face of it on the face of the earth on the face of the matter on the factory floor on the fast track on the fence on the fence on the fence on the fence on the fence on the fence on the firing line on the first view On the Floor On The Floor Laughing On the Floor Laughing My Friggin' Ass Off

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