hang over somebody's head
be hanging over someone's head

With the interview hanging over his head, he'd be poor company.

The other one is hanging over our heads, ready for action if things go wrong.

How can we have fun without the money thing hanging over our heads?

I don't want it hanging over my head, she decided.

"So these stories had hung over his head for some time," the Senator said.

"I sense that there is something hanging over your head."

Let the players figure it out with the stick hanging over their head.

The organization can't live with this threat hanging over its head.

While he served no jail time, the case did hang over his head for 18 years.

Now that we have a flag hanging over our head, they really want us.