auf Messers Schneide

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German

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Etymology

Literally, on the knife's edge.

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auf Messers Schneide

  1. (figurative) on the line
    auf Messers Schneide stehen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2023 February 3, Konstantin Nowotny, “Zum Tod von Sally Perel: Er ging, um zu leben”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Auf Messers Schneide verwandelte sich Salomon Perel in „Josef Perjell“ und lebte fortan als Jude unter Nazis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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