Translation for "colgar de un hilo" to english

Colgar de un hilo

• hang on a thread
• hanging by a thread

Translation examples

hang on a thread

Mi padre me dijo que nunca coma nada que me pueda guiñar. Hubo uno de esos momentos que parecen colgar de un hilo, y que podía terminar dos maneras, en una tempestad de carcajadas, o en una de muertes.
'My father told me never to eat anything that can wink back.' There was one of those little hanging-by-a-thread moments, which might suddenly rock one way or the other into a gale of laughter or sudden death.

hanging by a thread

Mi padre me dijo que nunca coma nada que me pueda guiñar. Hubo uno de esos momentos que parecen colgar de un hilo, y que podía terminar dos maneras, en una tempestad de carcajadas, o en una de muertes.
'My father told me never to eat anything that can wink back.' There was one of those little hanging-by-a-thread moments, which might suddenly rock one way or the other into a gale of laughter or sudden death.