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User_gary Posted 17 years ago
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By a slender thread
Another fine day for India, despite a fighting century from Sangakkara - his 21st in Tests and 1st on Indian soil - India have done well to prise out 6 wickets on a pitch that has flattened out. Sangakkara showed us today that if you stay at the wicket, then only a magic ball can get rid of a batsman. Sri Lanka are hanging on to this match by a slender thread, trailing by 59 runs. India will be hoping to kill this game off tomorrow morning. Do join us then, until then this is Srivathsa signing off on behalf of the latest commentator turned poet, Shirshendu Roy. See you. Bye!
Can you please tell me what "by a slender thread" means in this context?
Can you please tell me what "by a slender thread" means in this context?
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" The implication is that the thread may break at any time, and all may be lost. I suppose "hanging on by a slender thread" is easily understood, but the metaphor is then manque'.
- " The implication is that the thread may break at any time, and all may be lost.
- I suppose "hanging on by a slender thread" is easily understood, but the metaphor is then manque'.
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The idiom is usually "hanging by a slender thread," not "hanging on."
The implication is that the thread may break at any time, and all may be lost.
I suppose "hanging on by a slender thread" is easily understood, but the metaphor is then manque'.
The implication is that the thread may break at any time, and all may be lost.
I suppose "hanging on by a slender thread" is easily understood, but the metaphor is then manque'.
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