Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

balansować na granicy prawa

English translation:

tread, walk a fine line between legal and illegal; operate on the edge/brink of the law

Added to glossary by Darius Saczuk
Mar 20, 2011 13:32
13 yrs ago
Polish term
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Mar 22, 2011 02:14: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Mar 22, 2011 15:09: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/136313">Erna E.'s</a> old entry - "balansujac na granicy"" to ""treading/walking a fine line between legal and illegal""

Mar 22, 2011 15:13: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/719042">Darius Saczuk's</a> old entry - "balansować na granicy prawa"" to ""tread, walk a fine line between legal and illegal; balance, operate on the edge/brink of the law""

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treading/walking a fine line between legal and illegal

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Our Blog | Safford & Baker - Legal Advisors to Technology BusinessesMar 8, 2011 ... These services walk a narrow line between legal and illegal, said Matt Bower, a Bloomfield Hills-based Safford & Baker PLLC attorney who ...


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Sea ShepherdWe walk a fine line between legal and illegal. To date, we have avoided criminal convictions. The one exception was when Ben White was arrested in Florida ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree Ensor : brzmi dobrze;
23 mins
Dzięki, Ensor. :-)
agree Grzegorz Mysiński
4 hrs
Dzięki, Grzegorz. :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "swietnie ujete ! dziekuje:)"
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operating on the edge

... of the law

PWN-Oxford
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6 mins

balancing on the edge/brink of the law

www.ling.pl
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Polish term (edited): balansujac na granicy prawa

act half-legally

propo;
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1 hr

balancing on the borderline

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operate on the threshold between what's legally acceptable and unacceptable

wyrażenie może nie do końca takie samo, ale słowo threshold, chyba by tu dobrze paswało...
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bordering on illegal (practices)

bordering on illegal, the bounty hunters will do anyting to collect the debt
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