Alternatives to "skating on thin ice"
Solution 1:
To greater or lesser degrees of risk and stupidity:
- Walking on the edge
- Asking for trouble
- putting yourself at risk
- loading up the footgun
- skating down the edge of a razorblade
- pissing on the third rail
- walking/driving on the railroad tracks
- trying to shoot the moon
- jumping the Grand Canyon on a skateboard
- walking a tightrope
- operating without a net
- playing with fire
- licking a frozen flagpole
- letting the bull into the china shop
Solution 2:
"On thin ice" can also refer to a situation out of your control. The proverbial skater didn't necessarily choose the thin ice but is nonetheless in a risky place. Alternatives to this connotation (branching a bit further away from consciously taking a risk):
- Out of the frying pan, into the fire
- Doomed
- Writing on the wall
Solution 3:
How about "pushing your luck"?
Solution 4:
Playing a dangerous game is another alternative with a similar meaning.
Solution 5:
- Hanging by a Thread
- Playing Russian Roulette
- Kissing Charlie Sheen