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单词 a hair's breadth
释义

a hair's breadth

A very small amount or margin: you escaped death by a hair’s breadth...
  • We were a hair's breadth away from declaring a major incident.
  • It is also our understanding that we missed two of the remaining three key indicators by a hair's breadth.
  • They were never going to accept that and the idea that they were within a hair's breadth of a deal is simply wrong.

Synonyms

the narrowest of margins, a narrow margin, the skin of one's teeth, a split second, a fraction, a nose
informal a whisker
See parent entry: hair
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