hang by a thread
From LSJ
ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος → I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς εἶναι, ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βεβηκέναι, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βῆναι
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