Hang by a Thread (To)
.To be in a very precarious position. The allusion is to the sword of Damŏclēs. (See Damoclesʹ Sword.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.