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Default Re: hang by a thread

It originates from mythology when Dionysius, in order to show the precariousness of rank and power, gave a banquet and had a sword suspended above the head of Damocles by a single hair. Hence the expression "the sword of Damocles" to mean an ever-present peril. Thus the expression 'hanging by a thread'
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