by the skin of your teeth
英 /baɪ ðə skɪn əv jɔːr tiːθ/
中文釋義
險險過關
Barely managing to succeed or escape a difficult situation.
常用搭配
- pass by the skin of your teeth險險通過
- make it by the skin of your teeth勉強趕上
- escape by the skin of your teeth險險逃脫
例句
- I passed the test by the skin of my teeth.我這次考試險險及格。
- We hit the deadline by the skin of our teeth.我們卡著點險險趕上了截止日。