hang by a thread
hang by a hair
hang on by a hair

His life hung by a thread and he knew it.

From that moment their lives had hung by a thread.

"This thing could have been hanging by a thread since who knows when."

He still lived, the doctor said, but life only hung by a thread.

There'd been times when it seemed their marriage was hanging by a thread.

At this time last year it seemed as if the global economy was hanging by a thread.

The woman was a life hanging by a thread, but also a vehicle for teaching.

There's peace between us just now, but it hangs by a thread.

You're hanging by a thread right now, and I'd love nothing better than to cut that string.

You're hanging by a thread, yet you still think you'll be saved?

"We have had no incidents here, but the situation hangs by a thread."

You almost get the feeling that in some ways, the Cowboys are hanging by a thread.

For all the garment industry's success, its future hangs by a thread.

Would you rest when your life hangs by a thread?"

"I've always felt my life hangs by a thread," she went on.

My hope of life now hung by a thread.

Aware that his job hangs by a thread, he tried to put the best face on the performance for the home audience.

In the ambulance he now drove there was a life hanging by a thread.

For several days his life hung by a thread.

"I feel like I'm hanging by a thread," he said.

The hero is left hanging by a thread, facing certain disaster.

"Help me out, I'm hanging by a thread here," she says to her one guest at the moment.

Remember, your future and hers are hanging by a thread right now."

Now, hanging by a thread from the unfinished span, he heard that sound again.

The prospect of a park, he said, was "hanging by a thread."