hanging on by a thread

idiom used to express struggling in some way, barely surviving/getting by, or relying on the very last bit of wherewithal someone has to stay afloat in life or in a particular situation

"After spilling my coffee all over myself, hitting bad traffic which made me late to work, and receiving a negative performance review from my boss, by the time the end of work rolled around I was barely hanging on by a thread."

by louisaaaa06 January 26, 2026

Hanging Chuck

Hanging mylar blankets from your walls in your home. #BCS

I am hanging mylar blankets around my seedling grow op. My girlfriend yelled at me "Are young hanging Chuck?"

Me:WTF???

GF: Better Call Saul

by TBoneMendez83 March 18, 2026

Hangin In The Guest House

Anal

Hang that phat cock in this ole’ girls guest house honey! Then you’ll be hangin in the guest house.

by Straight Up Ums July 11, 2025

Hanging chad

A hanging Chad is performed when one partner is suspended upside down while the other partner attempts to insert a copy of the US constitution into the hanging partners ass.

Hey, do you want to try that move I told you about, the hanging chad?

by Polypangirl July 19, 2025

hanking

1. to hank, i.e. to pull a Hank Green; being the the "explain guy"; responding to a social media post, that raises a question , often a very specific one, that possibly many people wonder, and answering/explaining it

Commenter: "I don't get it, what do they mean 9/11 lead to Twilight? Can somebody explain this?"
Other Commenter: "Twilight's Author said that she was inspired by My Chemical Romance while writing Twilight and that especially Jacob is based on MCR lyrics. Gerard Way has said MCRs first song 'Skylines and Turnstiles' was his way of processing witnessing 9/11. Thus 9/11 inspired Twilight."
Commenter: "That's wild.. thanks for hanking!"

by ohik August 11, 2025

Hanting

Hanting is an inspiration to us all in that INSANE GYATT he is packing. it’s honestly just absurd. he’s also like super duper talented at hella instruments. he’s kinda racist, and also sexist. he’s the opposite of a feminist bcuz he prides himself im being a MASCULINIST. but at the same time hes like super performative and listens to laufey all the time. he actually listened to laufey BEFORE she was popular, back when she did song covers so hes like niche af. hanting face card lowkey declines but gyatt card makes up for it which is why he’s my amazing best friend. Hanting VEHEMENTLY HATES utilitarianism. he doesn’t know what he is but he KNOWS he despises util. he is like bi-curious but instead of bisexual it’s like deontology-curious. it’s quite complicated. his favorite ao3 tag is DUBCON. he also likes character ai.

me: hi hanting!
hanting: bro did you know util justifies the PERVERTS PARADOX?
me: *spreads cheeks*, well, then call me a utilitarian

hanting: grrrr

by baudrilllardisking November 22, 2025

Hanging the horse

Ferociously tugging slug/beating off.

Suzie: "I hardly got any sleep last night! I think I heard Joe hanging the horse upstairs."

by sigmagoon32 January 15, 2026