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hang on by a bare thread

To be perilously close to failing, dying, or resulting in a bad outcome. After the loss, their chances of getting into the championships are hanging on by a bare thread. Her life hung on by a bare thread as medics rushed her to the hospital.

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hazard a guess
hazard an opinion
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he can who believes he can
he gives twice who gives quickly
he hung on by a bare thread
he laughs best who laughs last
he laughs longest who laughs last
he laughs loudest who laughs last
he lives long who lives well
He puts his pants on one leg at a time
He shoots, he scores!
he that cannot obey cannot command
he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
he that is down need fear no fall
he that lieth with dogs riseth with fleas
he that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay
he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
he that would eat the kernel must crack the nut
he that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime
He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime
he that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
he that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
he travels (the) fastest who travels alone
He travels fastest who travels alone
he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
he who begins many things finishes but few
He who begins many things, finishes but few
he who excuses himself accuses himself
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he hits the ground
he hits the ground running
he hits the hay
he hits the high spots
he hits the jackpot
he hits the nail on the head
he hits the nail right on the head
he hits the sack
he hits the spot
he holds down the fort
he holds his own
he holds his peace
he holds his temper
he holds his thumbs
he holds his tongue
he holds no brief
he holds no brief for
he holds no brief for someone
he holds no brief for something
he holds the bag
he holds the fort
he holds the line
he hoped against hope
he hopes against hope
he hopped on the band wagon
he hopped on the bandwagon
he hops on the band wagon
he hops on the bandwagon
he hung by a thread
he hung from a thread
he hung on by a bare thread
he hung out a white flag
he hung out his shingle
he hung out the white flag
he hung up his hat
he is a barrel of laughs
he is a cat's paw
he is a cat's-paw
he is a chip off the old block
he is a dead duck
he is a dime a dozen
he is a law unto himself
he is a regular Trojan
he is a thorn in the flesh
he is a thorn in the flesh for
he is a thorn in the flesh for one
he is a thorn in the flesh for someone
he is a/works like a/a regular Trojan
he is about to
he is all at sea
he is all at sea about
he is all at sea about it
he is all at sea about something
he is all choked up
he is all thumbs
he is all wet
he is along for the ride
he is always coming back like a bad penny
he is always turning up like a bad penny
he is an item
he is an open book
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