• precarious state of health
• to make a precarious living
• to adjourn sine die, to adjourn without date
• to be at a loose end, to be at the loose end
• to adjourn sine die, to adjourn without date
• doubtingly, precariously, shakily, unsteadily, vaguely
• doubtfulness, grogginess, insecurity, obscureness, obscurity, precariousness, quandary, shakiness, suspense, vagueness, wobbliness
• dilly-dally, dubitate, shilly-shally
• to falter, to get beyond one's depth, to get out of one's depth, to go beyond one's depth, to go out of one's depth