a narrow escape

成語所屬單字narrowed

a narrow escape — 慣用語

1. a situation in which someone almost experiences something very bad but avoids it

1.慣用語
釋義

死裡逃生

a situation in which someone almost experiences something very bad but avoids it just in time

例句

William had a narrow escape when the car skidded but stopped inches before the wall.

The family's narrow escape from the burning building made the evening news across the city.