hang by a thread
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς εἶναι, ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βεβηκέναι, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βῆναι
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