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быть на волоске stresses
gen.	be touch and go (Thander); be touch and go (Thander)
idiom.	saved by the bell (Yeldar Azanbayev); have a close call (Yeldar Azanbayev)
slang	close shave (от чего-то)
sport.	on the bubble (The Knights had been on the bubble for the tournament, but played their way in by winning their last five games. VLZ_58)
быть на волосок
gen.	have a hairbreadth escape (от чего-либо); be next door to (от чего-либо); have a narrow escape (от смерти); come within a whisker (от чего-либо; of Anglophile); have a close squeak of it (от гибели); have a narrow squeak of it (от гибели); have a tight squeak of it (от гибели); have a narrow squeak (от чего-либо); skirt (от чего-либо); have a hairbreadth escape (от смерти и т. п.); have a narrow escape (от смерти и т. п.); be next door to something (от чего-либо)
Makarov.	have a narrow squeak (от смерти); have a near squeak (от смерти); have a tight squeak (от смерти); have a narrow escape (от смерти и т.п.); have a hairbreadth escape (от смерти и т.п.)

быть на волоске: 52 phrases in 6 subjects

Chess	1
General	17
Idiomatic	1
Informal	1
Makarov	31
Mass media	1