touch-and-go

very uncertain or critical. Things were touch-and-go at the office until a new manager was hired. Jane had a serious operation, and everything was touch-and-go for two days after her surgery.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jenessa	jə-NES-ə	English (Rare)
Ascot	['æskət]
Amethyst	AM-ə-thist	English (Rare)
Simon	SIE-mən (English), see-MAWN (French), ZEE-mawn (German), SEE-mawn (Dutch)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian
StefÁN	-	Icelandic
Blagoy	-	Bulgarian