The phrase "a ball of thread" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to describe a small, rounded object that is made of thread or yarn and can be used for sewing or other crafts. Example: Martha sat down at her sewing table and pulled out a ball of thread from her box of supplies. She carefully threaded her needle and began to stitch the fabric together.
When you see a man swallow 100 separate needles and a ball of thread, then regurgitate 100 perfectly threaded needles, "why?" must take its place in the queue behind "how on earth?" Sometimes, Penn and Teller tell us.
From Bensonhurst to Brownsville, the sense sometimes was of a city as a ball of thread unspooling.
The word "clewe" derives from Old English cliwen or cleowen, meaning a rounded mass, or a ball of thread.
To help him, Ariadne gives him a sword to kill the beast and a ball of thread to help him find his way out when the deed is done.
One of the best loved Greek myths, the story of Theseus's duel with the Minotaur has everything going for it: a dread half-man, half-bull (born of Minos's wife and a white bull – you can only imagine); a labyrinthine maze; a handsome hero; and a beautiful girl who gives him a sword and a ball of thread so he can fight it and find his way out.
The clever character is known for giving warrior Theseus a ball of thread to help him navigate his way out of a labyrinth.
She meticulously showed each thread in a ball of yarn.
People who seriously give it a try through psychotherapy or self-help discover very quickly that you cannot pull one thread from a ball of yarn.
Her godmother gives her a ball of magic thread to help her find her way back from anywhere her mother might take her.
The different morphology between C-RGD (fibrous ball-of-thread-like) and G-FOAM (trabecular sponge-like) was evidenced by SEM analysis and X-ray micro-tomography, and was reflected by their different mechanical characteristics.
Ms. Yap worked on the exhibition "No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia," which ended May 22 and included Ms. Gupta's work "1 14.9," a handbound ball of thread symbolizing the 1,907 kilometers, or 1,185 miles, of the border between India and Pakistan that have been fenced.
