Translation of "hang on by a thread" to German

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Dictionary translations for "hang on by a thread"

hang on by a thread verb

an einem seidenen Faden hängen

Contexts with "hang on by a thread"

Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives. Freundschaft ist ansich ein unbestimmter Begriff, selbst bei gleichgeschlechtlichen Freundschaften nimmt sie vielfältige Formen an und entsteht aus den verschiedensten Motiven.

Hang on a minute. Warte noch eine Minute.

The teacher was about to finish the useless discussion, when his face was hit by a blow from a pupil's fist. Der Lehrer war im Begriff, das nutzlose Gespräch zu beenden, als plötzlich die Faust eines Schülers sein Gesicht traf.

The old man was hit by a car and was immediately taken to the hospital. Der alte Mann wurde von einem Auto angefahren und sofort ins Krankenhaus gebracht.

I was almost run over by a car. Ich wurde beinahe von einem Auto überfahren.

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