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hang by a hair

See: HANG BY A THREAD.

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hang by a thread

[hang by a thread] or [hang by a hair] {v. phr.} To depend on a very small thing; be in doubt. * /For three days Tom was so sick that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hair

[hair] See: [CURL ONE'S HAIR], [GET GRAY HAIR] or [GET GRAY], [GIVE GRAY HAIR], [HANG BY A THREAD] or [HANG BY A HAIR], [HIDE OR HAIR] or [HIDE NOR HAIR], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

by a hair

[by a hair] See: [HANG BY A THREAD] or [HANG BY A HAIR] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[hang-up] {n.}, {informal} (stress on "hang") 1. A delay in some process. * /The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang-up with the trucks somewhere./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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