The movie tries to walk a tightrope between drama and comedy but fails at both.

该电影试图在故事剧和喜剧间走钢丝，但却两头都不就。

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China must walk a tightrope.

中国必须走好钢丝绳。

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He had to walk a tightrope with a distance of 66 feet in a video posted by YiGuoShuiZhuYu to Miaopai.

在由“一锅水煮鱼”发布在秒拍上的视频中，他得走过66英尺的距离。

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But Israeli analyst Mitchell Barak says the prime minister has managed to walk a tightrope between U.S.pressure and the demands of his nationalist coalition partners.

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Now that we know vorapaxar does increase bleeding, it has to walk a tightrope.

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Science is increasingly finding that mental illnesses walk a tightrope strung between genes and the environment.

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The new wave 4 Skylanders continue to walk a tightrope between cost and value.

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