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- It can mean that the person on the other end of the phone has convinced you to monitor the phone until they return. You've been placed on "hold".
- It could be a metaphor comparing you to clothes that are being left unattended on a clothes line...same thing as "left hanging out to dry" and "left flapping in the breeze". It means that they basically don't care a lot for your wants or needs.
'Hanging on the line' means 'of top quality', and refers to the practice of the Royal Academy in the 19th C. of having, in its principal exhibition room, a line eight feet above the floor. The most highly esteemed paintings were hung with top of their frames along this line, so that they were at eye-level, and thus most conspicuous and most easily seen and appreciated.
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What does the bar hanging from a note mean in music?
The line hanging from a note is called a stem. The variations in the stems help tell how long/ short a note is.
What hanging out mean?
The image is of a person hanging like they're on a clothes line or in a closet - you're just staying in that location, not really doing much of anything.
What is hanging on the line in Petticoat Junction?
Petticoats
What does Hanging Indent do in PowerPoint?
Hanging indent indent the second line of a paragraph more than the first line.
What do it mean when a bird is tied in a tree with fishing line?
In English mythology seeing a Raven hanging by its leg in a tree means watch out for Hawkes
What are the uses of the hills hoist?
hanging your brother on the line
What does hange mean?
The image is of a person hanging like they're on a clothes line or in a closet - you're just staying in that location, not really doing much of anything.
Whats the difference between hanging indent and paragraph indent?
A hanging indent indents every line after the first one, whereas indenting a paragraph indents only the first line of the paragraph.
What is the silver line in hanging drop method?
The sliver line that you see is actually an artifact and the edge of the drop.
Hanging fire what does the title of the poem mean?
Hanging fire means to delay or stall:)
What does the idioms hanging out mean?
Tffg
Are you hanging up your sticking on the wall - is the first line of what song?
hello
