英语词汇hang on by the eyelashes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hang on by the eyelashes. As late as this expression came into the language—it is traced by Partridge to 1860—we still don’t know who or what is responsible for it. Two centuries ear- lier something hung by the eyelids was something in a state of suspense, but the other phrase, used literally or figuratively, means to hang on precariously, to be barely able to hang on to the most meager of holds. As with the much older expression hang on by the skin of one’s teeth, no real situation inspired the imaginative description.

词汇	hang on by the eyelashes
词源	hang on by the eyelashes. As late as this expression came into the language—it is traced by Partridge to 1860—we still don’t know who or what is responsible for it. Two centuries ear- lier something hung by the eyelids was something in a state of suspense, but the other phrase, used literally or figuratively, means to hang on precariously, to be barely able to hang on to the most meager of holds. As with the much older expression hang on by the skin of one’s teeth, no real situation inspired the imaginative description.
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