Treading

You are treading on her corns.

And so the method that works is treading down the snow to harden it, making blocks and piling them up.

It's the land of my ancestors that you're treading on with your feet!

You're treading on thin ice.

We're treading on very thin ice.

On the other hand, the men treading in the wine-presses were loud in their praises of Chloe, and at sight of her they danced and stamped like so many Satyrs in presence of a Bacchante; exclaiming that they would gladly become sheep to be fed and tended by such a shepherdess.

Tom is treading on very thin ice.

Tom and Mary are treading on very thin ice.

You will keep your gliding gait, no dancer will rival you, but every step you take will be as if you were treading upon sharp knives, so sharp as to draw blood.

Every step she took was, as the witch had warned her beforehand, as if she were treading on sharp knives and spikes, but she bore it gladly.