As I prepare to attack an unfamiliar problem with mounting schedule pressures and dire consequences for failure, I've been on the edge of a similar cliff more times than I care to mention.
在我准备解决一个不熟悉的问题时，如果进度压力越来越大，而且失败将带来可怕的后果，我也曾踏上一个类似的悬崖边缘，这种情况不胜枚举。
Years of mismanagement and the Socialists' failure to trim public spending enough, or to reduce a huge pension burden, have left Hungary's economy on the edge of meltdown.
数年来的管理不善加上社会党未能尽量节约公共开支或是减轻巨大的养老金负担，这些已经使匈牙利的经济处在崩溃的边缘。
I guess they just can't afford to let any field lie fallow, because they're already living on the edge, but the result is going to be declining yields and ultimately crop failure.
我猜他们应该是负担不起让地闲置下来，因为他们已经是生活在赤贫线上，但结果却是收成一年不如一年，最后导致农作物歉收。
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