by) the skin of one's teeth
11by the skin of one's teeth — adverb barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare. I passed the test by the skin of my teeth …
12by the skin of one's teeth — he won, but only by the skin of his teeth Syn: (only) just, narrowly, barely, by a hair s breadth, by a very small margin; informal by a whisker …
13by the skin of one's teeth — by a very narrow margin. → skin …
14by the skin of one's teeth — phrasal by a very narrow margin …
15By the skin of one's teeth — scarcely; just; barely …
16by the skin of one's teeth — Australian Slang scarcely; just; barely …
17by the skin of one's teeth — just barely, by a narrow margin …
18skin of one's teeth — by a very small margin, only just, barely I made the application date for the job by the skin of my teeth. We were able to arrive in time for the train by the skin of our teeth …
19escape by the skin of one's teeth — barely got away, only just escaped …
20escape with the skin of one's teeth — barely got away, only just escaped …