The phrase "a precarious balancing act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that requires careful management or negotiation between conflicting elements or interests.
Example: "Managing the budget while ensuring employee satisfaction is a precarious balancing act that requires constant attention."
Alternatives: "a delicate balancing act" or "a risky balancing act".
But what they actually describe is a precarious balancing act.
BELGRADE, Serbia — For Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday was a precarious balancing act.
From the film-maker's point of view, it's a precarious balancing act, between visceral, tactile nostalgia and sprawling self-indulgence.
This is a precarious balancing act, and it's a testament to Zellweger's abilities that Bridget was so appealing fifteen years ago.
With polls showing PASOK supporters flocking to the newly reinvigorated Coalition for the Radical Left (SYRIZA), it will be a precarious balancing act creating a new party with new faces that will produce an electable centrist social democratic party.
Luxury brands began a precarious balancing act, continuing to bask in their exclusivity while opening the gates to a whole new breed of customer by introducing "entry-level" products at "accessible" prices.
But, for now, any negotiation in which gender is involved remains a careful, precarious balancing act.
Here is a golden opportunity to tip what is an increasingly precarious balancing act ever so slightly in struggling families' favour.
As her pieces have gotten more complex, they've become an increasingly precarious balancing act, which makes the tremendous beauty of Lifter/LIghter all the more moving.
Who hasn't sometimes been astonished at the vertiginous nature of love, the way it is an unstable equilibrium, a magical but precarious balancing act?
Analysts say that trying to rein in growth is a delicate and precarious balancing act and that even regulators are struggling to keep up with the rapid innovation in the banking system.
