hang by a thread Anything may happen any time be not worth a day´s purchase be in a precarious state -- in imminent danger of death
We always lived from hand to mouth in those days.
那时候,我们总是过着朝不保夕的生活。
—— 给力词典精选The patient´s condition is critical.
病人已朝不保夕。
—— 给力词典精选And the steamboats, though their reign was longer, were ephemeral craft.
汽船的时代虽然比较长些, 还是一种朝不保夕的工具。
—— 辞典例句She felt the insecurity of her tenure of her brother´s hospitality.
她感到,她在她弟弟府上的居留权已朝不保夕。
—— 辞典例句He holds his life on a precarious tenure.
他过着朝不保夕的生活。
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