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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
刚好, 仅, 勉强:

I only got away by the skin of my teeth.

我刚好逃脱。

[ORIGIN: from a misquotation of Job 19:20: 'I am escaped with the skin of my teeth' (i.e. and nothing else). Current use reflects a different sense.]

See main entry:skin

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