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Jenne Phuong
2021-10-29 08:10
Hang by a thread/hair phrase
Literally, to be connected simply by a single thread, strand, or other similar means.
You're so careless to have your documents hung by a thread like that.
Figuratively, to be at risk of failing, dying, or having a negative consequence.
Our environmental project is hanging by a hair due to the shortage of finance.
She knows that if she fails the exam, her whole future will hang by a thread.
The verb "hang" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This expression, already proverbial in the early 1500s, alludes to Damocles, who vexed King Dionysius with constant flattery. The king invited him to a banquet where Damocles found himself seated under a naked sword suspended by a single hair, symbolizing his insecure position at the court.
Do you see anything wrong?
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.
