by the skin of your teeth
Definition
› If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it: He escaped from the secret police by the skin of his teeth.Expressions used to describe situations
(Definition of by the skin of your teeth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (just) one of those things idiom
- a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) idiom
- all things being equal idiom
- be in sb's shoes idiom
- be in the same boat idiom
- c'est la vie exclamation
- either-or adjective
- it's a funny old world idiom
- it's a small world idiom
- it's just one of those things idiom
- join the club! idiom
- that's the way the cookie crumbles idiom
- the boot/shoe is on the other foot idiom
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) idiom
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
- wake up and smell the coffee idiom
- way/direction the wind blows idiom
- what's on idiom
- you can't win 'em all idiom
- zero-sum adjective
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