A day after official figures signalled that the country was moving perilously close to recession, the Australian government yesterday instructed its workforce to take a break.
Next year Africa could get its first new country, to be called South Sudan, for almost 20 years. But the fledgling state looks perilously weak.
We climbed rather perilously down a rope - ladder to the boat below.
A Wolf spider treads perilously on the rim of a South American pitcher plant, perhaps looking to prey on insects drawn to the plant's strong nectar scent.
They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
With the Greek government perilously close to default, investors and policymakers are wondering whether European Banks have caught something nasty.
But one of the wheels on his rickety vehicle came perilously loose yesterday.
In a move that treaded perilously close to the dark side, Luke set out to hunt down Lumiya and avenge his wife's death.
And when you have a lunatic controlling the nuclear codes, even a few months seems like a perilously long time to wait.
But with the Geithner appointment and the apparent willingness to stand with Paulson going forward, Obama seems perilously close to following the same course as Bush in the banking bailout.
After all, it was not long ago that even the house of Wallenberg came perilously close to losing its bank.
Another is the exacerbation of social tensions in what is a perilously unequal country.
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