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HANG BY A THREAD

Specialty Definition: HANG BY A THREAD

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hang by a Thread (To). To be in a very precarious position. The allusion is to the sword of Damocles. (See Damocles Sword.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: HANG BY A THREAD

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Danger	Hang by a thread, totter; sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano; sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: HANG BY A THREAD

Language		Translations for "HANG BY A THREAD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		olla veitsenterällä. (various references)

Hungarian		egy hajszálon függ (to hang by a hair, to hang by a thread). (various references)

Pig Latin		anghay ybay aay eadthray

Romanian		atârna doar de un fir de pãr, atârna de un fir. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HANG BY A THREAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-e-g-h-h-n-r-t-y"
	-4 letters: hydrangea.
	-5 letters: abradant, bandager, barathea, dahabeah, habanera, hangared, hydranth, yataghan.
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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography

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