One site I came across used the analogy of a baby trying stand up by himself, hanging onto a table leg, and can't stand up.

我在无意浏览到的一个网站上看到过这样一个类比，我们就像一个试图自己站起来的婴儿，扶着桌腿，却站不起来。

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Which, without that sticky friction, might be a (small) possibility when you're hanging to a strippers pole upside down attached only by your waist and one flailing leg.

如果没有起粘着作用的摩擦力，几乎只有很小的可能性让你只靠腰和一条腿倒挂在钢管上。

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If you're truly a monster, try doing leg lifts with a medicine ball hanging from your feet. Or hang from a pull up bar and raise your legs in front of you all the way up to the bar.

如果你真是一个牛人的话，试着在脚上系个健身实心球，或是在双杠上练习悬垂举腿，把腿一直举到双杠上面。

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But Marsh atoned for her earlier error by hanging onto a chance at square leg to send Maroof on her way for 13, with Katherine Brunt the successful bowler.

BBC: England women extend winning run

Carelessness in the French defence gave the Irish a late chance to equalise, but Lloris spread himself to deny Whelan as the Republic's hopes of qualification were left hanging by a thread going into Wednesday's second leg in Paris.

BBC: Republic of Ireland 0-1 France