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
Jupiter	JOO-pi-tər (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Heimirich	-	Ancient Germanic
Dessislava	-	Bulgarian
Liisu	LEE:-soo	Estonian
Bampfylde	['bæmpʃi:ld]
Sebastian	ze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian