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(v.) = walk + a tightrope, walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire

Ex. Therefore, the library manager must walk a tightrope that is continually swayed by self-interest (on the part of oneself and others).

Ex. The challenge of the Christian life, or so it seems to me, is to walk a kind of tightrope strung between this world and the next.

Ex. The Social Responsibilities Round Table of the ALA has been described as 'walking the tight wire between being somewhat independent and becoming part of the ALA establishment'.

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(v.) = walk + a tightrope, walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire

Ex: Therefore, the library manager must walk a tightrope that is continually swayed by self-interest (on the part of oneself and others).

Ex: The challenge of the Christian life, or so it seems to me, is to walk a kind of tightrope strung between this world and the next.

Ex: The Social Responsibilities Round Table of the ALA has been described as 'walking the tight wire between being somewhat independent and becoming part of the ALA establishment'.