Piano on a wire

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Jiayun

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He had this air of finality hanging over him like a piano on a wire.

What does the captioned phrase mean?

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He had this air of finality hanging over him like a piano on a wire.

What does the captioned phrase mean?

Thanks!

He felt as if he had a piano hanging over his head suspended by a wire.
 

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Imagine what that would feel like- you'd be worried about it falling. ;-)
 

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Damocles had similar anxiety.

(For a few years before my company finally managed to get rid of me, I tried to popularize the word 'sub-Damoclean'; it didn't catch on though.)

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Can I just say ... I'll get my coat.
 
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