slip through someone's fingers

Verb

 * 1) To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured.

Translations

 * Dutch: door de vingers glippen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: kicsúscik a kezéből
 * Icelandic: ganga úr greipum
 * Irish: imigh idir méara duine éigin
 * Portuguese: escapar por entre os dedos
 * Spanish: escaparse entre los dedos