用skate on thin ice表达“情况危急，如履薄冰”

to skate on thin ice “在薄冰上溜冰” 这个短语实际上是描述某人身处危险境地或是有惹祸上身的可能。

• You‘re skating on thin ice when you ask me what I think of you.
• You‘re skating on thin ice by always coming in late.
• By introducing these reforms before the election, the Prime Minister is skating on thin ice.

值得注意的是，另一个短语 to get your skates on “把滑冰鞋穿上” 的意思是“动作快点儿”。

• Come on! Get your skates on, we have to leave in ten minutes.