hanging on like a hair in a biscuit

hanging on like a hair in a biscuit

slang

1. A response to "How are you?" that is roughly equivalent to "I am managing" or "I am fine." A: "How are you doing today?" B: "Eh, hanging on like a hair in a biscuit." How am I? Same old, same old—hanging on like a hair in a biscuit. A: "Ken! How are you?" B: "Hanging on like a hair in a biscuit, Earl. How about yourself?

2. Persisting, especially when doing so is unwelcome. Ugh, a late March snowstorm. Winter sure is hanging on like a hair in a biscuit. No, she's in the second trimester now, but morning sickness is still hanging on like a hair in a biscuit, I'm afraid to say. Even though Jim's over the pneumonia, that dang cough is still hanging on like a hair in a biscuit.

See also: biscuit, hair, hanging, like, on

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