English
Prepositional phrase
by the skin of one's teeth
- (idiomatic) barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare.
- I passed the test by the skin of my teeth.
Translations
barely, closely
- Catalan: pels pèls
- French: par la peau des dents (fr), (colloquial) d’un poil (fr), par le chas de l'aiguille
- German: mit Ach und Krach (de), mit Mühe und Not (de)
- Greek: παρά τρίχα (pará trícha)
- Italian: per un pelo
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- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: på hengende håret
- Russian: е́ле (ru) (jéle), е́ле-е́ле (ru) (jéle-jéle), едва́ (ru) (jedvá), едва́-едва́ (ru) (jedvá-jedvá), наси́лу (ru) (nasílu)
- Scots: by a bawhair
- Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
- Spanish: con las justas
- Swedish: på håret
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