by the skin of one's teeth

Etymology

 * From Job 19.20. "My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth."

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare.

Translations

 * Catalan: pels pèls
 * Danish: på et hængende hår
 * Finnish:, , , , juuri ja juuri
 * French:,  , par le chas de l'aiguille, ,
 * German: ; ; um Haaresbreite; ;
 * Greek:
 * Irish: idir cleith agus ursain
 * Italian: per un pelo, per il rotto della cuffia
 * Latvian: par mata tiesu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: på hengende håret
 * Portuguese: por um fio,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scots: by a bawhair
 * Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
 * Spanish: con las justas, dejando pelos en la gatera, por el canto de un duro , por un pelo
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: