pender de un hilo
Spanish
Verb
pender de un hilo (first-person singular present pendo de un hilo, first-person singular preterite pendí de un hilo, past participle pendido de un hilo)
- (idiomatic) to hang by a thread
- (idiomatic) to hang in the balance
Further reading
- “pender de un hilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024