teeter on the brink

Translations
балансировать на грани
He teetered on the brink of disaster.
Он балансировал на грани катастрофы.
Definitions
To be in a precarious or unstable situation, where one is close to a significant change or potential failure.
Words
teeter

verb
шататься
on

preposition
на
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый артикль
brink

noun
грани