cross a dangerous pass as easily as walking on level ground -- handle a crisis without difficulty; go over a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground -- cope with a crisis without difficulty; come victorious out of every crisis; emerge unscathed from danger; fall upon one's feet -- unscathed; go through danger as if there were no danger at all; skate over thin ice with ease; undertake a thing with ease, that others find difficult; walk along a dangerous path as if on an even road -- have the ability to manage critical situation; walk over the precipice as if strolling on a highway