on tiptoe / on (your) tiptoes, if you stand or walk on tiptoe, you stand or walk on your toes, in order to make yourself taller or in order to walk very quietly
踮着脚:
【例句】
She stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
她踮起脚来吻他。
verb
1.
【释义】
to walk quietly and carefully on your toes, so that nobody hears you
踮着脚走，蹑手蹑脚地走:
【例句】
His mother tiptoed into the room.
他母亲踮着脚走进了房间。
【例句】
I tiptoed along the corridor.
我沿着走廊蹑手蹑脚地走。
2.
【释义】
to try to avoid dealing with a difficult or embarrassing subject or problem
避而不谈〔困难或尴尬的话题或问题〕:
【例句】
They were tiptoeing around the delicate subject of money.
