Idiom
devil dancing
Meaning
Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He knows that gambling with his savings is just devil dancing.”
“The manager warned the team that ignoring safety regulations was essentially devil dancing with their careers.”
“By consistently ignoring the warnings of his advisors, the young king was effectively devil dancing on the edge of a political catastrophe.”
Examples
simple
“He knows that gambling with his savings is just devil dancing.”
contextual
“The manager warned the team that ignoring safety regulations was essentially devil dancing with their careers.”
complex
“By consistently ignoring the warnings of his advisors, the young king was effectively devil dancing on the edge of a political catastrophe.”
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