an axe hanging over something

an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something)

1. The threat of being fired. There's definitely going to be an axe hanging over me if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.

2. The threat of being destroyed or ended. I worry that there's an axe hanging over our initiative now that our funding's been slashed.

an axe hanging over something

If there is an axe hanging over something, that thing is likely to be destroyed or ended soon. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. The axe was hanging over 600 jobs at oil giant BP last night.

词组	an axe hanging over something
释义	an axe hanging over something an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something) 1. The threat of being fired. There's definitely going to be an axe hanging over me if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault. 2. The threat of being destroyed or ended. I worry that there's an axe hanging over our initiative now that our funding's been slashed. See also: hanging, over Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. an axe hanging over something If there is an axe hanging over something, that thing is likely to be destroyed or ended soon. Note: `Axe' is spelled `ax' in American English. The axe was hanging over 600 jobs at oil giant BP last night. See also: axe, hanging, over, something Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something) an axe hanging over someone ax axe get axed get the boot give somebody/get the boot get the ax get the ax(e) get the axe
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