Idiom
live on the edge
Meaning
To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He likes to live on the edge by riding his motorcycle fast.”
“She quit her steady job to start a new business, choosing to live on the edge for a while.”
“By investing his entire savings into a volatile market, he chose to live on the edge, fully aware that he could lose everything in a single day.”
Examples
simple
“He likes to live on the edge by riding his motorcycle fast.”
contextual
“She quit her steady job to start a new business, choosing to live on the edge for a while.”
complex
“By investing his entire savings into a volatile market, he chose to live on the edge, fully aware that he could lose everything in a single day.”
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