fine line

noun

: a very small difference

There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive.

There's sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.

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Trump will need to straddle the fine line between delivering on his many, wide-ranging and radical proposals and not going beyond what voters, particularly independents and moderates, find too extreme. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 Being Overly Involved In Their Decisions Collaborating on decisions is essential in a relationship, but there’s a fine line between being involved and becoming the decision-maker for your partner. —

Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Russian and Iran share a complicated past, peppered with conflict, and even now tread a fine line between cooperation and mistrust. —

Clare Sebastian, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025 There’s a fine line between being a team player and being taken advantage of. —

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