Constant threat
My pending knee repairs feels like the sword of Damocles.
A single hair.
Damocles and his Sword are figures from Greek legend. Damocles was a courtier who was complimenting a tyrant. The tyrant offered to switch places with him for a day, to which Damocles agrees. The day...
To quote The Rocky Horror Picture Show: The Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread.