hang by a thread

Translations
висеть на волоске
His career was hanging by a thread after the scandal.
Его карьера висела на волоске после скандала.
Definitions
To be in a very precarious or dangerous situation, where something could fail, collapse, or end at any moment.
Words
hang

verb
висеть
by

preposition
на
a

article or possessive pronoun
один
thread

noun
нитка