Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is hang by a thread and it is a phrase meaning “be in a very unpredictable condition; uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, precarious, undependable, risky, hazardous, dangerous, unsafe, perilous”.
Example Sentence: “Our fragile planet is hanging by a thread… It is time to go into emergency mode — or our chance of reaching net-zero will itself be zero,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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