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| едва-едва; едва (удасться, суметь, успеть: He escaped from the secret police by the skin of his teeth. • I passed the test by the skin of my teeth. Aleksei Svetailo); каким-то чудом (Anglophile); еле (I passed the test by the skin of my teeth. • I'll have to start earlier the next time. This time I only finished by the skin of my teeth.); еле-еле (We were able to catch the train but only by the skin of our teeth.); чудом (избежать опасности и т. п.: We were able to catch the train but only by the skin of our teeth. • He escaped from the secret police by the skin of his teeth. IrinaZaytseva); чуть-чуть (не успеть Aleksei Svetailo) | |||
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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.  cambridge.org); barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare (I passed the test by the skin of my teeth. wiktionary.org) | |||
| by the skin of teeth: 18 phrases, 3 sujets |
| Général | 12 |
| Idiomatique | 2 |
| Makarov | 4 |