薄はく氷ひょう

noun

thin ice

Refers to a thin layer of ice, often on a road or water surface. Can also be used metaphorically for a precarious situation.

• 池いけに薄はく氷ひょうが張はっていた。

  Thin ice had formed on the pond.

• 薄はく氷ひょうを踏ふむ思おもいで試し験けんの結けっ果かを待まった。

  I waited for the exam results feeling like I was walking on thin ice.