the noose is hanging
the noose is hanging
Preparations are complete. The phrase originally referred to public executions, and so it sometimes implies that an audience is assembled for whatever has been prepared. The actors are here, the stage is set, and the auditorium is filled. The noose is hanging, people—it's time to start Act I. I prepped the lab for the experiment, so the noose is hanging, whenever you want to begin.
See also: hanging, noose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- nose about
- nose around
- I'll believe it when I see it
- I'll believe it/that when I see it
- add up to the same thing
- amount to the same thing
- amount/come to the same thing
- the chosen few
- know too much
- send (one) on (one's) way