Or the ones who are already teetering on the edge of trying, even if it takes decades to return home?
The American people and our economy are now teetering on the edge of a cliff.
It teetered for a moment on the edge and fell to the floor.
In 2007 and 2008, the American economy found itself once again teetering on the edge of another economic slide.
He teetered on the edge of the desk, trying to right himself.
It was still there, teetering on the edge of the table.
We have been teetering on the edge of no return.
The number of banks teetering on the edge appears to be quite small.
His country may be teetering on the edge of political and economic collapse.
But now it was his own life, teetering on the edge of the black cliff.
Idiome