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vb. (present participle of hang by a thread English)
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Hanging by a Thread is a 1979 television disaster movie starring Sam Groom about friends stranded in a disabled cable-car above a ravine. The occupants of the cable car reflect on the past as the film flashes back and forth to show each of the character's lives. It was written by Adrian Spies, directed by Georg Fenady and produced by Irwin Allen. The film co-starred Patty Duke, Donna Mills, Oliver Clark and Cameron Mitchell.
Usage examples of "hanging by a thread".
The two of you beat him up so badly that by the time you had finished with him his life was hanging by a thread,' said Brother Fan.
In the ambulance he now drove there was a life hanging by a thread.
And unstability -- that's Swords, of course, that balance on the knife's edge, or the sword hanging by a thread.
He still had his job, but it was hanging by a thread, and both he and May knew that the moment the firefly was gone, that shoe would drop.
And unstability-that's Swords, of course, that balance on the knife's edge, or the sword hanging by a thread.
With the life of her theatre hanging by a thread, Amie couldn't afford to pay as much as Daisy had, but Nell didn't mind.
At the edge of the track he broke off a branch above head height and left it hanging by a thread of bark.
And I hear that they've contacted the Patent Office - I think we can expect some sort of action against the Trigger patent, which is hanging by a thread anyway.
As he veered toward his target, a fluorescent light fixture hanging by a thread gave up the ghost and crashed down in front of him, spoiling his aim.
That was the case of the courtier who was given a fine meal to eat, with a heavy sword hanging by a thread over his head.
She felt it all as his mangled features lifted, one eye hanging by a thread on his mashed cheek.
I didn't want anyone's life hanging by a thread connected to me, and I hoped she was exaggerating.