Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.

　　看著他往懸崖上爬，大家都捏一把汗。

　　A precipice on the left and a deep gully on the right& a real danger spot.

　　左邊是懸崖，右邊是深溝，真是處絕地。

　　The country was now on the edge of a precipice.

　　這個國家現在情勢岌岌可危。

　　The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.

　　國王現在處于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

　　I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice

　　我內心開始承認我們的婚姻正走向危險的邊緣。