Examples of 'thread the needle' in a sentence

Meaning of "thread the needle"

The phrase 'thread the needle' is used metaphorically to describe a situation where someone successfully navigates through a narrow or difficult path or solves a challenging problem with precision and accuracy
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  • To find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc. Normally used to indicate the difficulty of doing so; also, sarcastically, for a failed attempt.
  • A game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbour, runs between the others.

How to use "thread the needle" in a sentence

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thread the needle
Thread the needle from the front.
You always could thread the needle.
Thread the needle from left to right.
We want to watch how we thread the needle.
Let me thread the needle for you.
It takes me so long to thread the needle now.
I will thread the needle for you.
I am really gonna have to thread the needle.
Tried to thread the needle on that.
I am gonna deviate left and thread the needle.
You thread the needle or we are dead.
I just need you to thread the needle here.
Thread the needle from the front to the back.
She will thread the needle.
My hands were shaking too much to thread the needle.

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I could not thread the needle to save my soul.
Set the upper thread and thread the needle.
Thread the needle from front to back manually or use the.
I am trying to thread the needle here.
Thread the needle with either invisible thread or with thread.
You are trying to thread the needle.
Thread the needle.
About to thread the needle.
The illustration at left shows you how to thread the needle.
I have seen you thread the needle a million times.
But that sub will still have to thread the needle.
They are gonna thread the needle through that cooler water.
You have completed the first trick to thread the needle.
Thread the needle thread according to the drawing on the previous page.
Cut the knots and thread the needle eye.
The thread the needle pose is a surprising way to relax and stretch.
We are gonna thread the needle.
Thread the needle thread only when the sewing machine is switched off.
The needle threader can be used to thread the needle more easily.
I am gonna have to thread the needle just right to get a confession out of him.
The illustration on the left shows you how to thread the needle.
Thread the needle and pull the thread through from front to back.
Use the needle threader to thread the needle refer to next page for instruction.
Drivers will have a second chance to pick them up after completing Thread the Needle.
The Director has to thread the needle on billions of possibilities.
Use the threading aid G to thread the needle.
We thread the needle here then we get to D.
Radio chatter They are gonna thread the needle through that cooler water.
Fielding is going to go full kamikaze through Thread the Needle.
Thread the Needle Day certainly is a day for those who sew.
He can only stitch if I thread the needle.
Ron and I will thread the needle at profitably organicifying the current line.
I do not like sewing because I can not thread the needle.
Wish I could thread the needle like that.
Thread the needle from front to back, or use a needle threader.

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Insert washer and thread nut to screw
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