if something is hanging over you, it is causing you to worry all the time.
He's got financial worries hanging over him too which can't make life any easier.
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be hanging over (one)
To be a source of lingering concern or worry. All these bills are hanging over me, and I don't get paid for another week.I'm so glad that exam is over—it's been hanging over me for months.