Sentence examples of "висеть на волоске" in Russian with translation "hang by thread"

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Рабочая девушка, голова так же висела на волоске. Working girl, head hanging by a thread, too.

«Будущее Сирии висит на волоске, и я призываю совет не сдаваться, — заявил Керри в присутствии российского министра иностранных дел Сергея Лаврова. “The future of Syria is hanging by a thread, and I urge this council not to give up,” Kerry said as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looked on.

Всего несколько недель тому назад эти силы едва не взорвали хрупкий псевдо-мир, который висит на волоске вот уже двадцать лет. Just a few weeks ago, these forces came very close to blowing up the fragile pseudo-peace that has hung on by a thread for roughly twenty years.

Но авторитет этого соглашения висит сегодня на волоске. But its credibility now hangs by a thread.

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