thread and thrum
thread and thrum
A combination of good and bad. "Thrum" are the bits of thread left on the loom after a finished item has been removed. I know you're disappointed with your minor role in the play, but at least you get to act—you have to accept the thread and thrum.
See also: and, thread
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hang by a thread
- hang by a thread, to
- hang by a thread/hair
- eye of the needle
- the eye of a needle
- to bits
- item
- thread the needle
- be an item
- two-bit