touch and go

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Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
precarious, delicate, dangerous, risky, sensitive or of uncertain outcome

His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover.

Attributive form of touch and go

His touch-and-go condition was kept his wife at the hospital for days.

A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop
it's touch-and-go used about a situation in which there is a serious risk that something bad could happen
tentative, unsure (situation)
touch and go

    Турецкое произношение

    tʌç ınd gō

    Произношение

    /ˈtəʧ ənd ˈgō/ /ˈtʌʧ ənd ˈɡoʊ/

    Этимология

    [ 't&ch ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old French tuchier, from Vulgar Latin toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, probably of imitative origin.
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