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1 perilous

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > perilous
2 angustum

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;
opp. latus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
I.
Lit.:
fretus,
Lucr. 1, 720:
Angustum per iter,
id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:
pontes angusti,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17:
domus,
id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:
fauces portūs angustissimae,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
fines,
id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:
cellae,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:
rima,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:
Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,
on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:
porta,
Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:
per angustum,
Lucr. 4, 530:
angusta viarum,
Verg. A. 2, 332:
pontes et viarum angusta,
Tac. H. 4, 35.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:
ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,
Cic. Off. 1, 17:
amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,
id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:
perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
B.
Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:
spiritus,
short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:
odor rosae,
not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
C.
Of time, short, brief:
angustus dies,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:
nox,
Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:
tempus,
Luc. 4, 447.—
D.
Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:
pauperies,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:
res angusta domi,
Juv. 3, 164:
mensa,
Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
E.
Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:
rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:
cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,
was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:
res est in angusto,
the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:
spes est in angusto,
hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
F.
Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:
nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:
animi angusti et demissi,
id. Pis. 24, 57:
ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
G.
Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:
minutae angustaeque concertationes,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31:
pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,
id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
H.
Of discourse, brief, simple:
et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,
Cic. Or. 56, 187:
Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,
i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
I.
Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:
anguste putare vitem,
to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,
anguste aliquid deputare,
id. 4, 22, 3:
quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,
in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:
tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,
scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:
angustius pabulabantur,
within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:
aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:
quanto sit angustius imperitatum,
Tac. A. 4, 4:
eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,
more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:
Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45:
furunculus angustissime praecisus,
Col. 4, 24, 17. —
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., within narrow limits:
anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,
Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:
Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,
seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
B.
Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:
anguste et exiliter dicere,
id. Brut. 84, 289:
anguste disserere,
id. Part. Or. 41, 139:
presse et anguste rem definire,
id. Or. 33, 117:
anguste materiem terminare,
Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:
Pergit idem et urget angustius,
Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:
concludere brevius angustiusque,
id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > angustum
3 angustus

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;
opp. latus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
I.
Lit.:
fretus,
Lucr. 1, 720:
Angustum per iter,
id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:
pontes angusti,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17:
domus,
id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:
fauces portūs angustissimae,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
fines,
id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:
cellae,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:
rima,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:
Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,
on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:
porta,
Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:
per angustum,
Lucr. 4, 530:
angusta viarum,
Verg. A. 2, 332:
pontes et viarum angusta,
Tac. H. 4, 35.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:
ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,
Cic. Off. 1, 17:
amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,
id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:
perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
B.
Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:
spiritus,
short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:
odor rosae,
not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
C.
Of time, short, brief:
angustus dies,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:
nox,
Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:
tempus,
Luc. 4, 447.—
D.
Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:
pauperies,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:
res angusta domi,
Juv. 3, 164:
mensa,
Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
E.
Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:
rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:
cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,
was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:
res est in angusto,
the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:
spes est in angusto,
hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
F.
Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:
nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:
animi angusti et demissi,
id. Pis. 24, 57:
ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
G.
Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:
minutae angustaeque concertationes,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31:
pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,
id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
H.
Of discourse, brief, simple:
et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,
Cic. Or. 56, 187:
Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,
i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
I.
Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:
anguste putare vitem,
to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,
anguste aliquid deputare,
id. 4, 22, 3:
quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,
in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:
tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,
scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:
angustius pabulabantur,
within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:
aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:
quanto sit angustius imperitatum,
Tac. A. 4, 4:
eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,
more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:
Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45:
furunculus angustissime praecisus,
Col. 4, 24, 17. —
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., within narrow limits:
anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,
Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:
Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,
seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
B.
Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:
anguste et exiliter dicere,
id. Brut. 84, 289:
anguste disserere,
id. Part. Or. 41, 139:
presse et anguste rem definire,
id. Or. 33, 117:
anguste materiem terminare,
Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:
Pergit idem et urget angustius,
Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:
concludere brevius angustiusque,
id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > angustus
4 خطر

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English dictionary > خطر
5 adventurous

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > adventurous
6 critical

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > critical
7 dangerous

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > dangerous
8 hazardous

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > hazardous
9 risky

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > risky
10 virulent

خَطِر \ adventurous: (of a journey, etc.) full of adventure. critical: very serious: The wounded man was in a critical condition. dangerous: causing danger: a dangerous driver; a dangerous bend in the road. hazardous: dangerous; risky: a hazardous mountain climb. perilous: dangerous: a perilous journey through the mountains. risky: (of things) dangerous: a risky attempt to climb the cliff. virulent: very harmful to the health; poisonous: a virulent disease.

Arabic-English glossary > virulent
11 положение положени·е

1) (обстановка в общественной жизни) situation

выйти из трудного положения — to come out of a difficult situation

изучить положение — to study the situation

исправить положение — to mend / to redress the situation

контролировать положение — to bring the situation under control

нормализовать положение — to normalize the situation, to bring the situation back to normal

обострить / усугубить положение — to exacerbate / to aggravate the situation

поправить положение — to remedy the situation

спасти положение — to retrieve a situation

стабилизировать положение — to stabilize the situation

урегулировать положение — to resolve / to handle a situation

бедственное положение — disastrous situation

безвыходное / безнадёжное положение — desperate condition / situation

взрывоопасное положение — explosive situation

затруднительное положение — embarrassing situation, quandary

критическое положение — critical situation

международное положение — international situation

обзор международного положения — survey of the international situation

ухудшение международного положения — deterioration of the international situation

мировое продовольственное положение — world food situation

мировое экономическое положение — world economic situation

напряжённое положение — situation of strain, tense situation

иметь дело с напряжённым положением — to deal with a situation of strain

неравноправное положение — unequal situation

нестабильное / неустойчивое положение — situation of insecurity

обостряющееся международное положение — aggravating international situation

политическое положение — political situation

обострение политического положения — aggravation / worsening of a political situation

неустойчивость политического положения — political instability

правовое положение, положение, возникшее в результате выполнения договора — legal situation created through the execution of the treaty

социально-экономическое положение — socio-economic situation

стратегическое положение — strategic(al) situation

угрожающее положение — grave / perilous situation

ухудшающееся положение — deteriorating situation

финансовое положение — financial position / standing / situation, state of play

экономическое положение — economic situation, economic status

экономическое положение ухудшается — the economic situation is deteriorating

обострение положения — aggravation of the situation

острота положения — exigencies of the situation

положение в области международных платёжных балансов / расчётов — world payment situation

положение, при котором существует прочная безопасность и стабильность — situation of lasting security and stability

урегулирование положения — handling of the situation

2) (место в обществе, в науке) position, standing, status

воспользоваться своим положением — to capitalize on one's position

восстановить своё положение — to regain one's positions

занимать положение — to occupy a position

менять положение — to shift one's position

находиться в неравном положении — to be in an unequal position

находиться на нелегальном положении — to be operating illegally, be in hiding

перейти на нелегальное положение — to go underground

поставить в зависимое положение — to place in a position of dependence

потерять прежнее положение — to give / to lose ground

ведущее положение в мировой науке — leading place in world science

занимать ведущее положение — to take the leading place, to be at the top

видное / выдающееся положение — prominence

выигрышное положение — winning / advantageous / strong position

высокое положение — high position, eminence

высокое положение в обществе — high position in society

занимающий высокое положение — eminent ranking

доминирующее положение — dominant position

восстановить доминирующее положение — to resume a dominant position

занимать доминирующее положение — to occupy a dominant position

законное положение — legal standing

имущественное положение — property status

ложное положение — false / ambigious position

материальное положение — material standing

неполноправное положение — unequal position

неполноправное положение женщин — unequal position of women

общественное положение — social status, walk

официальное положение — official standing

преимущественное положение — preponderant position

привилегированное положение — privileged position

занимать привилегированное положение — to take a privileged position

равное положение — equal status

семейное положение — family status

служебное положение — official position / status

злоупотребление служебным положением — abuse of one's office

по служебному положению — ex officio лат.:, социальное положение social status / position

положение в обществе — social status

положение отверженного — pariah status

положение темнокожего населения — status of the coloured population

3) (режим) state

военное положение — martial law

быть на военном положении — to be under martial law

вводить / объявить военное положение — to declare / to introduce / to impose / to proclaim martial law

отменить военное положение — to lift martial law

переводить на военное положение — to put on a war footing

осадное положение — state of siege

ввести осадное положение — to establish / to impose a state of siege

объявить осадное положение — to declare / to proclaim a state of siege

отменить осадное положение — to lift the state of siege

чрезвычайное положение — emergency situation, state of emergency

ввести / объявить в стране чрезвычайное положение — to impose / to declare a state of emergency in a country

объявить чрезвычайное положение — to declare / to proclame a state of emergency

отменить чрезвычайное положение — to lift the state of emergency

продлить чрезвычайное положение — to extend / to prolong state of emergency

снять некоторые ограничения, обусловленные чрезвычайным положением — to relax / to ease the state of emergency

положение, существовавшее до войны — status quo ante bellum лат.

положение, существовавшее ранее — status quo ante лат.

4) (свод правил, статей) clause, rules, regulations, enactment, provisions

выполнять положения (конвенции, договора и т.п.) — to implement provisions

нарушать положения (договора, конвенции и т.п.) — to infringe / to violate the provisions

отступить от положения — to derogate from a provision

содержать положения — to embody regulations

толковать положения Устава ООН — to interpret the provisions of the UN Charter

действующее положение — provision in force

в рамках действующих положений — under provisions in force

договорное положение — treaty / contractual provision

делимость договорных положений — separability of treaty provisions

делимость положений договора не допускается — no separation of the provisions of the treaty is permitted

(существенное) нарушение договорных положений — (material) breach of treaty provisions

заключительное положение — final clause

ключевые положения договора — key provisions of a treaty

необязательное / факультативное положение (договора, устава) — optional / permissive provision

общие положения — general provisions

обязательное положение (договора и т.п.) — binding clause, mandatory provision

ограничительное положение — safeguarding clause

основные положения — principal provisions

прочие положения — miscellaneous provisions

расплывчатое положение (какого-л. документа) — vague provision

спорное положение — debatable provision

уставные положения — constitutional provisions

ясно выраженное положение — explicit provision

нарушение положения договора — violation of a treaty provision

положения, введённые в законодательство государства — provisions incorporated into the legislation of a state

положения договора — treaty provisions, provisions of a treaty

применение положений договора — application of the provisions / of a treaty

в соответствии с положениями договора — in conformity with the provisions of the treaty

положения о выполнении (договора) — implementation provisions

положение о молчаливом согласии (с чем-л., не упоминаемом в соглашении) — tacit clause

положение о наибольшем благоприятствовании — most favoured nation clause

положение о персонале — staff regulations

положение о продлении (соглашения) — extension clause

положения пункта 1 (договора) — provision of paragraph 1

положение я, регулирующие торговлю — enactments for the regulation of trade

сфера применения положения — scope of provision

5) (условия жизни, состояние) state, condition, situation

быть хозяином положения — to bear / to carry the bag

быть на высоте положения — to be equal / to rise to the occasion

оказаться в ложном положении — to be in a false position

оказаться в лучшем положении, чем кто-л. — to have an advantage of / over smb.

бедственное положение — plight

быть в бедственном положении — to be in a shambles

безвыходное положение — hopeless situation, impasse, dead end, deadlock

быть / находиться в безвыходном положении — to be at a deadlock

попасть в безвыходное положение — to come to / to reach a dead end

запутанное положение — knot

затруднительное положение — troublesome / difficult situation / involvement

быть / находиться в затруднительном положении — to be at a low ebb, to top the barrel

выпутаться из затруднительного положения — to extricate oneself from difficulties

поставить кого-л. в затруднительное положение — to manoeuvre smb. into a corner / an awkward position

настоящее / фактическое положение дел — actual state of things

невыгодное положение — disadvantage

находиться в невыгодном положении — to be at a disadvantage

ставить в невыгодное положение — to place at a disadvantage

небезопасное положение — insecure position

неловкое положение — awkward position / situation

неопределённое положение — fuzzy position

непрочное положение — unstable / shaky position

сложное положение — complex situation

современное положение дел — present-day situation

существующее положение — status quo лат.

сохранять существующее положение — to maintain the status quo

трудное положение — difficult situation

попасть в трудное положение — to get into a difficulty

тяжёлое положение — crunch; squeeze разг.

щекотливое положение — awkward / embarrassing situation

положение дел — state of affairs / things, juncture

извращать подлинное положение дел — to distort the true state of affairs

исправить положение дел — to put things right

при настоящем положении дел — at this juncture

положение, из которого невозможно выйти — catch 22

в положении доверенного лица — in a fiduciary capacity

6) (местонахождение) position, whereabouts, location

географическое положение — geographical location

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > положение положени·е
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ВИСЕТЬ (ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ)/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ (НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ) VP subj: human or abstr, often жизнь if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved) to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death
X висит на волоске = X is hanging by a thread
person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death person X is on the brink of death (in limited contexts) X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin) X is on the brink of disaster (ruin) thing X is touch and go.
Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His (the prince's) life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

«Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему -кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем...» (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem-incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence, he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

(Елена Федотовна:) Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). (Е.Е:) You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded-though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

—————

← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

=====

⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

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