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by the skin of one's teeth stresses
idiom.	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)
by the skin of one’s teeth
gen.	с грехом пополам
English thesaurus
by the skin of one's teeth
idiom.	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 in 3 subjects

General	12
Idiomatic	2
Makarov	4