hang on by one's eyelids

English-Turkish Translation

  1. pamuk ipliği ile bağlı olmak, tehlikeli/müşkül şartlar altında ümitsizce mukavemet etmek/direnmek/dayanmak.

    The soldiers are still holding the fort, but they're hanging on by their eyelids.
English-Turkish translations from the Atalay Dictionary, First Edition