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hang by a thread
idiom
If a serious situation hangs by a thread, it means that even a slight change can decide what will happen and that a bad result such as death, failure, etc. is likely: 千钧一发，岌岌可危，危在旦夕
The mayor's political future has been hanging by a thread since the fraud scandal.欺诈丑闻爆出后，市长的政治前途岌岌可危。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsafe and insecure
appealingly
at stakeidiom
be on the lineidiom
day
insecure
insecurely
insecurity
instable
jeopardy
security breach
shaky
sketchy
someone's/something's days are numberedidiom
threat
threatened
unbalanced
unscreened
unsecured
unsound
unsupervised
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