APAD: There's a thin line between

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.

- From online with editing
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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!!! 什麽

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- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 08:59:09

tomatoes. :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 08:59:30

wish couldSendSomeOver :-) noticed APAD's a new verb now?~~ -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:34:28

Really? Not in my dictionaries. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:06:50

only in MYSJ for MYSJer's usage ~~~~~ -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:34:15

The thin line is not a hard line:)) -暖冬cool夏- 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:15:50

An invisible filament cuts a cruiser in half as it passes -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:18:40

thru a strait, in The 3Body Problem, if I remember correctly -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:19:26

Haha, only aCoder can write thisWay, grab readers' attention -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:38:55

w/ plain langugae yet great imagination. Love the fiction! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:40:19

Oh, so the thin line is not thin,but razor sharp:) -暖冬cool夏- 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:50:14

It _is_ thin but it's made out of some nano-tech BS :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:03:47

Understood:) Thank you. -暖冬cool夏- 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:26:39

& not as wide as the spectrum btw black& white :-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:48:14

Thanks for sharing. I read a little episode about Nash... -矽穀居士- 給 矽穀居士 發送悄悄話 矽穀居士 的博客首頁 (337 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:48:54

Thx 4 the story. visted Princeton, a nice school. IMHO, only -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 09:59:30

Unis can b so tolerant. + other places that one can work -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:01:51

alone, say a coder, worked7yrs w/ a co-worker whoHasBipolar -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 10:04:45

Dragon slayer eventually became dragon -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 15:02:35

sadly often true! sign ... So 不忘初心 is very very important -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 15:12:56

The line between a smiley face and a silly frown is just -jeffnaper- 給 jeffnaper 發送悄悄話 jeffnaper 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 15:40:19

a tiny little curve, is it not? -jeffnaper- 給 jeffnaper 發送悄悄話 jeffnaper 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 15:41:23

very true, depending which direction it's curved to :-)) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 15:48:48

Learned the proverb and ate the cherry tomatoes. Thanks -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 16:29:16

U r welcome MM. glad i can offer some back to U today!!! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 08/14/2025 postreply 16:42:47

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