tread
51tread lightly — tread carefully/cautiously/lightly etc/ phrase to be very careful what you do or say, so that you do not make a mistake or cause a problem Investors should tread carefully until new interest rates are announced. Thesaurus: to be carefulsynonym …
52Tread-softly — Tread soft ly, n. (Bot.) Spurge nettle. See under {Nettle}. [1913 Webster] …
53tread (or chiefly N. Amer. step) on someone's toes — offend someone by encroaching on their area of responsibility. → tread …
54tread a fine line between (something) — tread a fine/thin line between (something) if someone treads a fine line between a good quality and a bad quality, they succeed in having only the good quality. Somehow he manages to tread that fine line between honesty and tactlessness …
55tread a thin line between (something) — tread a fine/thin line between (something) if someone treads a fine line between a good quality and a bad quality, they succeed in having only the good quality. Somehow he manages to tread that fine line between honesty and tactlessness …
56tread on someone's toes — If you tread on someone s toes, you upset them, especially if you do something that they should be in charge of …
57tread on someone's toes — ► tread on someone s toes offend someone by encroaching on their area of responsibility. Main Entry: ↑tread …
58tread water — ► tread water 1) maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion. 2) fail to make progress. Main Entry: ↑tread …
59tread on sacred ground — tread on sacred/dangerous/ground phrase to do something that is likely to cause a problem or upset some people If you criticize his mother you’re treading on dangerous ground. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym …
60tread on dangerous ground — tread on sacred/dangerous/ground phrase to do something that is likely to cause a problem or upset some people If you criticize his mother you’re treading on dangerous ground. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym …