| 单词 | hang by a hair |
| 例句 | They were brought to the house where the debauch was going on; and here, among a crowd of drunken Indians, their lives hung by a hair. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Such occurrences did not lack a humourous side, but their turn into the tragical always hung by a hair, especially if I had tried to explain or to make excuses. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Even the roof, not of you be it said, has the falling-sickness—it hangs by a hair. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z And the time came when my matrimonial happiness literally hung by a hair. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z A British officer who knew Turkish equally bravely conducted the prosecution for our side; and his life hung by a hair too. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z But knowing that this was in deadly earnest, that Seyd’s life hung by a hair, she let him go on. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z All the houses on the island, except that occupied by Mr. Child, were badly injured and the lives of the inmates hung by a hair. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z I am speaking of a town which, from the day it was built, hung by a hair, and now the hair has snapt, it hangs in the air. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z “The life of a man hangs by a hair,” he began reading in a voice as soft as falling snow. A Defensive Anchor Walks a Spiritual Path 2011-01-13T02:02:10Z I say bravely, for their lives hung by a hair. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z For a moment the fate of the day hung by a hair, but the terrible incessant fire, and that from guns that seemed to need no reloading, was too much. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising He showed me his pearls; he said they might be dispersed before morning, and all hung by a hair—and smiled as he said it, such a smile! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston The town hung by a hair from the first," said the narrator, "because it was started in a part where no Jewish town was allowed to be! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z My liberty, my life, hang by a hair. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) She will, and she won’t,” wrote Sunna, “and she keeps grandfather hanging by a hair.” An Orkney Maid A weaving target has a chance, but a target standing motionless is a sitting duck and his life hangs by a hair. The Man the Martians Made Marishka had learned to think of Goritz as one interested only in her death or imprisonment, and after Sarajevo she had even believed that her life while in his keeping had hung by a hair. The Secret Witness Their lives hung by a hair and this was no time to play the fool. Blackbeard: Buccaneer For a time her life seemed to hang by a hair, for she was rebellious as well as fearless, and would sing her favourite hymns in spite of orders to the contrary! The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar I spoke cheerily, though I well knew that all was hanging by a hair. Orrain A Romance I just escaped hanging by a hair, for mutiny on th' high seas is a serious crime. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real "I swear to you," he said soberly, "that I have every reason for believing that in Sarajevo the lives of both will hang by a hair." The Secret Witness The safety of the French habitation now hung by a hair. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The fate of the nineteen boys and their white-haired leader hung by a hair. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest And it all hung by a hair: would Mason watch? The Voice in the Fog The very worst job of them all still hangs by a hair over my head. Queed High officials, whose heads rest on their shoulders, "hung by a hair," like Damocles' sword, suffer very much at the hands of these marauders. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Oh, mother, the sword hung by a hair over my head, but I managed to escape from under it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The whole life of the family hangs by a hair. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories I stood up in that fierce circle with the clear knowledge that my life hung by a hair. Prester John There was no time to be lost, for the first trireme was already a day and a night on her voyage, and the fate of Mytilene hung by a hair. Stories from Thucydides Indeed, these are the very men who know God, for do not their "Lives just hang by a hair"? Giant Hours with Poet Preachers Our war still hangs by a hair, they say; and that this approaching week must terminate its fluctuations. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Whether the wealth and prosperity of our country do not hang by a hair, the probity of one banker, the caution of another, and the lives of all? Querist The yard hung by a hair, and at every pitch, thumped against the cross-trees; while the sail streamed in ribbons, and the loose ropes coiled, and thrashed the air, like whip-lashes. Omoo Your life is hanging by a hair trigger that goes off with a feather touch. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail At this period, indeed, my friendship with Dimitri hung by a hair. Youth There was a flash of steel, and the seventh knife sank into the wood so close to the crisp curls that a lock hung by a hair, almost completely severed by the blade. Bucky O'Connor |
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