hang on by one's fingernails
находиться в трудной ситуации, "держаться на волоске"
The company was going on with the work, but it was obvious they were hanging on by their fingernails.
Другие идиомы:
- cross one's fingers
- hang back
- slip through (someone's) fingers
- hang out one's shingle
- point the finger (of blame) at (someone)
- work one's fingers to the bone
- hang around
- have a finger in the pie
- put one's finger on (something)
- hang one's hat (somewhere)
- hang a left
- hang in the balance
- hang (someone) in effigy
- hang loose
- burn one's fingers