ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
(see also ἐκφεύγω): avoid, escape
effugere, to escape, 2.4.2.
