hang by a thread

hang by a thread

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ā ob ù B ǎ om ù, which means that you can't keep it in the morning and it will change at night. Extremely critical or in distress. It comes from Yuan Hong of Jin Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Hong of Jin Dynasty wrote in the later Han Dynasty: Zhi Di Ji: "when two thousand chief officials met the people, they either sold land and houses, or beat Chu with their own life. They were bored in size and could not keep their days."

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: precarious

Idiom usage

The situation is in crisis. The people who are in power after the majority always have the heart of being in danger. They always have the thought of "five days in Beijing". How can they benefit the country and the people! On the gains and losses of ethnic revolution and political revolution by Liang Qichao