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                           Phrase(s): hang by a hair [and] hang by a thread 1. Lit. to hang by something very thin, such as a thread or a hair.  •  The tiniest part of the mobile hung by a thread, the rest are on plastic cords. 2. and hang on by a hair; hang on by a thread Fig. to depend on something very insubstantial; to hang in the balance.  •  Your whole argument is hanging by a thread.  •  John isn’t failing geometry, but his passing grade is just hanging by a hair.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs