in the balance
• in an uncertain or critical state.
• "his survival hung in the balance for days"
Similar:
uncertain,
unknown,
undetermined,
unsettled,
unresolved,
unsure,
pending,
in limbo,
in no man's land,
up in the air,
at a turning point,
critical,
at a critical stage,
at a crisis,
debatable,
open to question,
in doubt,
unpredictable,
unforeseeable,
incalculable,
speculative,
unreliable,
untrustworthy,
undependable,
risky,
chancy,
dicey,
hairy,
iffy,
dodgy,
on balance
• when all factors are taken into consideration.
• "on balance, he was pleased with how things had gone"
Similar:
overall,
all in all,
all things considered,
by and large,
on average,
for the most part,
mostly,
mainly,
in the main,
on the whole,
in general,
generally,
generally speaking,
largely,
to a large extent,
to a great degree,
