fall off the wire

fall off the wire
   to be in severe difficulty
   Like a tightrope walker who dispenses with a safety net:
    It struck Caroline that if Brooks fell off the wire in this case, Salinas might go with him. (R. N. Patterson, 1994 — Brooks was a district attorney, not a trapeze artist, and Salinas was his deputy)

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