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Science - Physics / Metaphysics | | English term or phrase: thread the needle | | "...always proposing a razor's edge of attention by way of which one might 'thread the neddle' of these dualisms, avoid the crystallization of any thought process or paradigm..." |
| | | resolver/navegar estes difíceis dualismos | Explanation:
Lee Huang and Robert Litan use it interchangeably with the phrase "walk a fine line." Timothy Noah, similarly, thinks it means "to skillfully navigate a difficult problem." (Many people seems to be using it interchangeably with "threading one's way"--a figurative action that differs slightly, in my mind, from the figurative action of "threading a needle.") David Welna, Help me thread the needle.
however, thinks it means "to get something started," and Andrew Sullivan seems to think it means "to aid understanding." This dude thinks it means "broach the subject." (I'm almost certainly misreading a few of these examples, but I think that's due to the fact that the phrase is often used in a vague or nebulous way.
http://ask.metafilter.com/111399/Help-me-thread-the-needle |
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Explanation:
Lee Huang and Robert Litan use it interchangeably with the phrase "walk a fine line." Timothy Noah, similarly, thinks it means "to skillfully navigate a difficult problem." (Many people seems to be using it interchangeably with "threading one's way"--a figurative action that differs slightly, in my mind, from the figurative action of "threading a needle.") David Welna, Help me thread the needle.
however, thinks it means "to get something started," and Andrew Sullivan seems to think it means "to aid understanding." This dude thinks it means "broach the subject." (I'm almost certainly misreading a few of these examples, but I think that's due to the fact that the phrase is often used in a vague or nebulous way.
http://ask.metafilter.com/111399/Help-me-thread-the-needle
| Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of:  Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 36
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