skin your teeth

skin your teeth
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  • by the skin of your teeth — informal : only by a small difference in time, space, or amount : just barely He escaped by the skin of his teeth. [=he just barely escaped] She only passed the test by the skin of her teeth. [=she almost did not pass the test] • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • by the skin of your teeth — by the skin of (your) teeth informal if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1 0 …   New idioms dictionary

  • by the skin of teeth — by the skin of (your) teeth informal if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1 0 …   New idioms dictionary

  • by the skin of your teeth —    If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To do something by the skin of our teeth means that you just manage to do it, but that… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • by the skin of your teeth — If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • do something by the skin of your teeth — phrase to succeed in doing something but almost fail He won, but only by the skin of his teeth. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym Main entry: skin …   Useful english dictionary

  • By the skin of your teeth —   If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • do something by the skin of your teeth — to succeed in doing something but almost fail He won, but only by the skin of his teeth …   English dictionary

  • skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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