Take risks with seafood item quite likely to go off? (5,2,4,3)
I believe the answer is:
skate on thin ice
'take risks' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'seafood item quite likely to go off?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'likely' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'off?' could be 'ice' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ice' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skate on thin ice that I've seen before include "Court danger" , "ducking the likely outcome?" , "Put oneself at risk" , "fish displayed thus might not stay fresh for long" , "feeble attempt to keep fish fresh?" .)