That should give you some idea how close Hal was cutting things.

"I have to cut things that are wonderful," she said.

And the team also knew to cut things when necessary.

"How do you like the glass to cut things with?"

The sun was almost gone, and it would be cutting things very close indeed, even if all went well.

Good, that is, if you liked to cut things close!

"The worst is when they cut things up to make more items to sell," he added.

That's cutting things just a little too close for my taste.

"Couple weeks back I cut things off because she started talking marriage."

"You can't buy your way out of the current defense problems; you've got to cut things as well."