It's like standing on the edge of a cliff with the brick underneath your feet crumbling.

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Greece is standing on the edge of a precipice, staring at a disorderly default.

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The final lines highlight the dangers of standing on the edge of the rail platform and running across tracks.

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My translator and I approached a stocky man in a windbreaker, who was standing on the edge of the square with a friend.

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If you were standing on the edge of cliff, this is not what you would want to hear from people who are supposed to help.

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Apple is standing on the edge of the fiscal cliff.

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We are standing on the edge of history.

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Admittedly, standing slightly isolated on the edge of an industrial estate, it is perhaps not the most welcoming place, but older streets of terraced houses are only a minute's walk away.

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He took all the drawers out to see if the medal had slipped to the side, if it was standing on its edge on one of the plywood slats that held the drawers in place.

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Elliot, who was given a standing ovation when withdrawn in the closing stages, did well to cut inside Simon Ford on the edge of the box but Combe got down well to his low curling effort.

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On opening night, Taymor received a standing ovation and kisses from cast members, as well as from Bono and The Edge.

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