Phrase of the Moment
hanging by a thread
1. to be in a dangerous or unsafe position; to depend on something very small to save you; to be very close to death, failure, etc.
1. You are not quite failing, but you are hanging by a thread.
2. The patient's life was hanging by a thread.
3. John isn’t failing geometry, but his passing grade is just hanging by a hair.
4. Your whole argument is hanging by a thread.