英语词汇“by the skin of one's teeth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

by the skin of one's teeth

By a very narrow margin; only just: I only got away by the skin of my teeth...

You have escaped from going to prison by the skin of your teeth.
‘You have escaped prison by the skin of your teeth,’ the judge told him.
The Oxford University Pool Team has not lost to Cambridge since 1999, when the ‘rascal Tabs’ managed to grind out a 46-44 victory by the skin of their teeth.

Synonyms

only just, just, narrowly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin, by the narrowest of margins, barely, by a nose

informal by a whisker

From a misquotation of Job 19:20: ‘I am escaped with the skin of my teeth’ (i.e. and nothing else)

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单词	by the skin of one's teeth
释义	by the skin of one's teeth By a very narrow margin; only just: I only got away by the skin of my teeth... You have escaped from going to prison by the skin of your teeth. ‘You have escaped prison by the skin of your teeth,’ the judge told him. The Oxford University Pool Team has not lost to Cambridge since 1999, when the ‘rascal Tabs’ managed to grind out a 46-44 victory by the skin of their teeth. Synonyms only just, just, narrowly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin, by the narrowest of margins, barely, by a nose informal by a whisker From a misquotation of Job 19:20: ‘I am escaped with the skin of my teeth’ (i.e. and nothing else) See parent entry: skin
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