pick up the threads

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to return to an earlier situation or way of life after an interruption

   Frodo: How do you pick up the threads of an old life?

In the movies · 1

• Frodo: How do you pick up the threads of an old life?The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003

From the same entry

• pick and choose
• pick brains
• pick a fight
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick pocket
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up speed
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with