cling on on by fingernails

cling on on by fingernails
cling on/hang on by (your) fingernails if you are clinging on by your fingernails, you are only just managing to avoid danger or failure.

We're hanging on by our fingernails and hoping that it rains before we lose our entire crop.

(usually in continuous tenses)

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