fine line | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A difference, albeit vague and difficult to discern.Antonym:bright line1991,Steven Wright,Hysteria:There's afine linebetween fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.2005June 20, Steve Rose, quoting Terry Hill, “The men continuing Ove Arup's architectural vision”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:"We're not arrogant, we're confident about what we're doing," says Hill, "But there's afine linebetween them, isn't there?"2008May 16, Katie Allen, “A fine line”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:San Francisco songsters The Richter Scales give the world their take on the subprime meltdown in a song that advises there's also afine line"between the theories and the facts", "between what's solid and what cracks" and "between a gain and a crippling, crushing, mortally wounding decline".2023January 13, Nick Haramis, “When Did We All Become Pop Culture Detectives?”, inThe New York Times‎[3],→ISSN:Harvesting Easter eggs is now integral to our consumption of entertainment. But there’s afine linebetween perceptiveness and paranoia.

Examples:

EN: Apparently it was the horror of that experience that overpowered this phenomenal mind, which for so long had straddled the fine line between genius and madness, and literally deranged it.
ES: Aparentemente, fue el horror de esa experiencia lo que dominó a su fenomenal mente, que hasta entonces se había movido en la fina línea entre genialidad y locura, y literalmente lo trastornó.
EN: The last male member of the fine line of the MacDougalls.
ES: El último hombre de la gran saga de los MacDougall.
EN: One more step, Mac, and the fine line is finished.
ES: Un paso más y la saga se acaba.
EN: He's treading a fine line.
ES: Camina sobre la cuerda floja.
EN: A fine line of work you're in!
ES: En menudo asunto se ha metido.
EN: So the fine line between war and murder is distance.
ES: Así que la diferencia entre guerra y asesinato es la distancia
EN: It's a pretty fine line between being a paid consultant or a paid foreign agent.
ES: Hay una línea bastante fina entre ser un consultor remunerado o un agente extranjero comprado.
EN: But there is a very fine line there and any little thing can push him over.
ES: Pero hay una línea muy fina ahí y cualquier cosa pequeña puede empujarlo.
EN: It's a fine line between doubting them and regretting that we came.
ES: No hay mucha diferencia entre dudar si venir o no, y haber venido aunque sin ganas de hacerlo.
EN: Rickson's an example of the fine line that separates the hero from the psychopath.
ES: Rickson es un ejemplo de la delgada línea que separa al héroe del psicópata.
EN: A fine line which leads me to horror crossing that line was so easy
ES: Una fina línea que conduce al horror. Atravesar esa línea era tan fácil.
EN: We also have a very, very fine line of, uh, equipment for handling isotopes.
ES: También tenemos un material excelente para el manejo de isótopos.
EN: Well, I suggest you take your fine line up to the fourth floor.
ES: Pues le sugiero que lo lleve al cuarto piso.
EN: Don't quibble any fine line with me, Mr. Larkin.
ES: No intente confundirme, Sr. Larkin.
EN: And this fine line that runs from ear to chin... is not as obvious any more... but it is etched there by your easygoing, indolent ways.
ES: Y la línea perfecta de tu mandíbula ya no esta tan dibujada por tu abulia y tu dejadez.

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