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So literally, on thin ice means you are standing on ice that is too thin to support your weight (and you're most likely to fall through the ice). Idioms use figurative meanings of course—so on thin ice means being in a risky, dangerous or uncertain situation.
Thin Ice (originally released as The Convincer) is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Jill Sprecher and starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup. [1] Plot summary. Wisconsin insurance salesman Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is in desperate financial straits.
If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.
Jan 25, 2011 · Thin Ice: Directed by Jill Sprecher. With Greg Kinnear, John Paul Gamoke, David Harbour, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes. A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
1. Lit. on ice that is too thin to support one. (See also skate on thin ice; walk on thin ice.) Billy is on thin ice and is in great danger. 2. Fig. in a risky situation. If you try that you'll really be on thin ice. That's too risky. If you don't want to find yourself on thin ice, you must be sure of your facts. See also: ice, on, thin.
Thin Ice is a 2020 television series set in Greenland and the Icelandic seas. A co-production between Icelandic, French and Swedish companies the first season was broadcast in 2020. It is the most expensive TV series ever produced in Iceland.
An international political thriller with environmental issues and dirty oil business as a frame could be fascinating and exciting, and the Swedes normally don't dissappoint when it comes to the genre. However, Thin Ice slowly developes into a thin soup with too many threads and to little substance.
