| 词汇 | hanging breathless on |
| 词源 | hanging breathless on. A very common phrase that comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Building of the Ship” (1849): Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! |
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