on thin ice

基本解释

There you would really think the formalists are on thin ice.
你会发现形式主义者的论点在这里如履薄冰。
If you are not in a small group, you are skating on thin ice and you don’t know when you might fall through.
如果你没有在一个小集体里，那么，你的生活将会如履薄冰，你不知道何时会落入水中。
Even then, the penguins are cautious; they stay in the water only long enough to feed, and they're adept at remaining motionless when they're on thin ice and spot a leopard seal.
尽管如此，企鹅也十分谨慎：它们仅仅在捕食时才呆在水下；一旦意识到冰面很薄或是附近出现海豹，它们就会紧紧地趴在冰面上，一动不动。

There you would really think the formalists are on thin ice.
你会发现形式主义者的论点在这里如履薄冰。
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