HANG BY A THREAD

Meaning of HANG BY A THREAD in English

be in a precarious situation

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HANG BY A THREAD — see thread
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG BY A THREAD — see thread
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HANG BY A THREAD — = hang by a hair
Slang English vocab
HANG BY A THREAD — be in doubt, depend on a very small thing The outcome of the election hung by a thread until the …
English Idioms vocab
HANG BY A THREAD — v. phr. To depend on a very small thing; be in doubt. For three days Tom was so sick that …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HANG BY A THREAD — висеть на волоске
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HANG BY A THREAD — висеть на волоске
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HANG BY A THREAD — висеть на волоске
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
HANG BY A THREAD — висеть на волоске
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREAD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a needle and thread ▪ I got a needle and thread and sewed the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — verb ADVERB ▪ limply , loosely ▪ He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him. ▪ uselessly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HANG — n. 25B6; verb lights hung from the trees : BE SUSPENDED, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway; archaic depend. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — v. 1 suspend, depend, dangle; be poised or suspended, hover, swing Hang the lantern from this branch The laundry was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Словарь английских идиом
THREAD — 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен. нитка, нить to make, spin thread ≈ прясть, сучить нить to resume, to take …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANG
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. предл. 1) а) у, при, около a home by a lake ≈ дом рядом с озером Syn : near …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREAD — thread.ogg 1. θred n 1. 1> нитка, нить strong thread - крепкая нитка gold thread - золотая нить sewing thread …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HANG — hang.ogg 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THREAD — thread сущ.1) а) прям., перен. нитка, нить to make, spin thread — прясть, сучить нить to pick up the thread …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BY — by предл.1) у, при, около, возле, рядом с (нахождение или действие вблизи чего-л.) a home by a lake — дом …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
THREAD — 1. θred n 1. 1> нитка, нить strong thread - крепкая нитка gold thread - золотая нить sewing thread - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HANG — 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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