Cut the tension with a knife

Posted by ESC March 22, 2005In reply to Cut the tension with a knife posted by thank you on March 22, 2005

I really need soemone to help me with "to cut the tension with a knife." Thanks.

The tension in the room was so thick one could almost cut it with a knife. Meaning the people in the room were so tense that the emotion almost had a physical presence.