APAD: There's a thin line between

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The phrase "there's a thin/fine line between" is used to describe two things that are very similar, despite having some key differences. It highlights a subtle distinction between two concepts, ideas, or actions where one can easily transition into the other, but one is acceptable and the other is not.

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What prompted me to APAD 微笑 this phrase is the story of math genius and Nodel laureate John Nash.

You probably also watched the movie "A beautiful mind" based on his biography with the same name.  I was so touched by the movie, I bought the book and kept it with me till today (see pic below).

"There is a thin line between genius and madness". But in Nash's case, that line is so blurred that the two became the same thing!!! 什么

The phrase can be used many other ways: eg. there is a thin line between fear and caution, between love and hate, between too much and not enough, ..., etc.

But one may never have enough fresh cherry tomatoes 得意

Cheers to all!

Note the cherry tomatoes were picked yesterday from our very own garden plots!

 

 

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• Knew no Nash, cross often the line, and crave always good -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 08:59:09

• tomatoes. :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 08:59:30

• wish couldSendSomeOver :-) noticed APAD's a new verb now?~~ -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:34:28

• Really? Not in my dictionaries. -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:06:50

• only in MYSJ for MYSJer's usage ~~~~~ -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:34:15

• The thin line is not a hard line:)） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:15:50

• An invisible filament cuts a cruiser in half as it passes -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:18:40

• thru a strait, in The 3Body Problem, if I remember correctly -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:19:26

• Haha, only aCoder can write thisWay, grab readers' attention -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:38:55

• w/ plain langugae yet great imagination. Love the fiction! -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:40:19

• Oh, so the thin line is not thin,but razor sharp:) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:50:14

• It _is_ thin but it's made out of some nano-tech BS :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:03:47

• Understood:) Thank you. -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:26:39

• & not as wide as the spectrum btw black& white :-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:48:14

• Thanks for sharing. I read about a little episode about Nash -硅谷居士- ♂ 给 硅谷居士 发送悄悄话 硅谷居士 的博客首页 (337 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:48:54

• Thx 4 the story. visted Princeton, a nice school. IMHO, only -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:59:30

• Unis can b so tolerant. + other places that one can work -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:01:51

• alone, say a coder, worked7yrs w/ a co-worker whoHasBipolar -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:04:45

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