Learn English – Synonyms for “walking on thin ice”

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It's tough to find synonyms for whole phrases as opposed to single words. I'm trying to think of at least a couple for "walking on thin ice." So far the only one I've come up with is "playing a dangerous game" and it's a little more on the…harsh? side than what I'd wanted. Can anyone else think of anything?

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Consider tempt fate or tempt the devil.

Also, "tempt the fates": Take a severe risk, as in It's tempting fate to start up that mountain so late in the day, or Patrice thought driving that old car was tempting the fates; it was sure to break down.

This expression uses tempt in the sense of “test in a way that involves risk or danger.” Earlier idioms with a similar meaning were tempt God, dating from the 1300s, and tempt fortune, first recorded in 1603, with fate appearing about 1700. (source Dictionary.com)

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