на волоске от | |
gen. | on the brink of; on the verge of; by a hair's breadth of |
на волосок от | |
gen. | a close shave; within a hairbreadth of; a close call; as near as a toucher; by a close shave; within a hair of |
amer. | close call |
гибель | |
gen. | ruin |
На волоске от: 87 phrases in 10 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 2 |
Chess | 2 |
Figure of speech | 1 |
General | 25 |
Idiomatic | 3 |
Informal | 3 |
Literature | 1 |
Makarov | 46 |
Mass media | 1 |
Slang | 3 |