Значение слова "BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH" найдено в 4 источниках

BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

by the skin of one's teeth: translation

by the skin of one's teeth

Fig. just barely. (By an amount equal to the thickness of the (imaginary) skin on one's teeth.) •

I got through calculus class by the skin of my teeth.

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I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth.

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Lloyd escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth.

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{adv. phr.} By a narrow margin; with no room to spare; barely. * /The drowning man struggled, and I got him to land by the skin of my teeth./ * /She passed English by the skin of her teeth./ Compare: SQUEAK THROUGH, WITHIN AN ACE OF or WITHIN AN INCH OF.

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

by the skin of one's teeth: translation

by the skin of one's teeth

Fig. just barely. (By an amount equal to the thickness of the (imaginary) skin on one's teeth.) •

I got through calculus class by the skin of my teeth.

•

I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth.

•

Lloyd escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth.

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найдено в "Англо-русском новом словаре современного неформального английского языка"

skin of one's teeth, by the adv infml He got promoted by the skin of his teeth Его еле перевели в другой класс She came tearing up in a taxicab and barely caught the bus by the skin of her teeth Она примчалась на такси и едва успела на автобус We made it by the skin of our teeth Мы чудом туда добрались

найдено в "Новом англо-русском словаре современной разговорной лексики"

adv infml He got promoted by the skin of his teeth — Его еле перевели в другой класс She came tearing up in a taxicab and barely caught the bus by the skin of her teeth — Она примчалась на такси и едва успела на автобус We made it by the skin of our teeth — Мы чудом туда добрались

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