| 词组 | cling on by your fingertips |
| 释义 | Idiom cling on by your fingertipscling on/hang on by your fingertips if you are clinging on by your fingertips, you are only just managing to avoid danger or failure.We were clinging on by our fingertips, desperately trying to stop them scoring another goal. (usually in continuous tenses)cling on by (one's) fingertips1. Literally, to grasp something, such as a cliff, with one's fingertips to avoid falling. The stranded hiker was clinging on by her fingertips until the rescue crew arrived. 2. By extension, to narrowly avoid problems or failure. They're clinging on by their fingertips out there—the other team's offensive is totally overwhelming them. Now that I have three small children to care for, I feel as if I'm clinging on by my fingertips every day. |
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