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by the skin of one's teeth
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mit knapper Not, haarscharf
used to describe a situation in which one barely manages to do something or escape danger
idiom
informal
Beispiele
The hiker had survived the wilderness by the skin of his teeth, managing to find his way back to civilization before running out of food.
Sie entkamen dem Feuer mit knapper Not.
