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[jasonlulu_2000]

The other is that someone eats too much. And then their stomach is too full. It's really a fine line for getting it right.

What does the underlined sentence mean?


thanks

[pugachevV]

Here, it means there is very little room for error, because the two things compared are so close.
Usually you use fine line like this, for example ...

It is often said there's a fine line between madness and genius.
In Olympic sport there's a fine line between success and failure.