be on *****
be on the rag
ride on the rag

The guy who brought us in warned them that I was on the rag and could only give head.

He appeared to be on the ragged edge of tears.

Luke was on the ragged edge of the aircraft's performance.

I told him to be careful cause I was on the rag.

Jane was on the rag and Mandy had not made any moves towards me at all.

Nevers could see the man was on the ragged edge and he knew better than to push him.

"We are on the ragged edge," said the person.

If that wasn't enough, Jason was on the ragged edge of exhaustion.

The troops are on the ragged edge in here; if we don't get them somewhere more open they'll start to crack.

"Can't you see my sanity is on the ragged edge?

The CO was on the ragged edge as well.

Ever since then, Diane had been on the ragged edge, hoping someone would send her over and make her come.

She told you she was on the rag, and that was the final straw.

His eyes were on the ragged line that was the town, and the shape of the island be- yond it.

Haendl was on the ragged edge of a nervous breakdown.

Maybe the President's or the Defense Secretary's wife is on the rag or something.

I am in a very rundown condition and have been and may still be on the ragged edge of nervous breakdown.

The meaning is art has to be on the ragged edge of your ability, both in style and craftsmanship or you aren't doing art.

"Being a little high, he probably wasn't conscious of what was on the rag," said his sister, Ms. Phillips.

Lately, Quinrick had been on the ragged edge.

Caslet and his companions were on the ragged edge, and the least she could do was give them time to compose themselves.

He was on the ragged edge of total exhaustion, but he listened to the old fisherman as he struggled with the pump handle.