on shaky ground
idiom
: weak and likely to break down, collapse, or fail : not strong or well supported
Their marriage is on shaky ground.
His argument/theory rests on shaky ground.
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Yes, the Padres are on shaky ground as Major League Baseball’s first significant mile marker arrives: Memorial Day.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
President Trump is returning from a Middle East trip where he was feted by foreign leaders to find his legislative agenda on shaky ground on Capitol Hill.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 17 May 2025
In his telling, Libby Steadman has always been on shaky ground with her neighbors: When her father-in-law died, her husband, Peter, freed the family’s slaves.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Waltz, a respected military veteran and former Florida congressman, had been on shaky ground since he was blamed for adding Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat set up to discuss a Mar. 14 strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
President Trump is returning from a Middle East trip where he was feted by foreign leaders to find his legislative agenda on shaky ground on Capitol Hill.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 17 May 2025
In his telling, Libby Steadman has always been on shaky ground with her neighbors: When her father-in-law died, her husband, Peter, freed the family’s slaves.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Waltz, a respected military veteran and former Florida congressman, had been on shaky ground since he was blamed for adding Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat set up to discuss a Mar. 14 strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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