pender de un hilo

pender de un hilo (first-person singular present pendo de un hilo, first-person singular preterite pendí de un hilo, past participle pendido de un hilo)

1. (idiomatic) to hang by a thread
2. (idiomatic) to hang in the balance

• “pender de un hilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28