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千钧一发一发千钧qiān jūn yī fàa hundredweight hanging by a hair—in imminent (/impending) peril (/danger/crisis); by a close (/narrow) shave; at the critical (/crucial) juncture(/moment); by (/with) the skin of one’s teeth;hang (/be/swing/tremble) in the balance; in a very critical (/extremely delicate/most dangerous)situation(/condition); in pressing emergency; in the nick of time; under the sword of Damocles
❍ 现在是～的时候，你不杀人，人要杀你。(陈登科《活人塘》116)A twenty-ton sword hangs by a hair. If you don’t kill them,they’ll kill you.
❍ 而且敌人的气势如此凶猛，战局～，胜败决于呼吸之间，他不能多作耽搁。(姚雪垠《李自成》Ⅰ—155) And the enemy onslaught was so fierce that the fortunes of war were hanging in the balance.There was no time to be lost./“小甫，你是师长的忠臣心腹，这是～，万分危急的时候，你应当替师长出力！”魏振钺对神情恍惚的张小甫说道。(吴强《红日》520)“You are the commander’s loyal and trusted friend,Xiao fu，” Wei Zhenyue told the bemused-looking Zhang Xiaofu，“and you must do your best for the com mander in this moment of extreme crisis when everything is hanging on a single thread.”/正在这～的紧急关头，那捉女学生的警察猛地被一个人一脚踢出好远去。(杨沫《青春之歌》137)In the nick of time,however,the policeman received a vigorous kick which sent him staggering.
❍ 这正是～的时候，偏偏老姚还不来！(高云览《小城春秋》187)This was the crucial hour,but where the devil was Yao Mu?/～的时刻到了！ 房上敌人的机关枪虎视眈眈地对准了铁门外的学生。(杨沫《青春之歌》72) It was zero hour. The enemy machine-guns on the roof were trained on the students outside the iron gate,lying in wait like ravening tigers. 千钧一发一发千钧qiān jūn yī fà钧：古代的重量单位，三十斤等于一钧。用一根头发吊起三万斤的东西。比喻情况非常危急。in imminent peril, hang by a thread, hang by a hair |