by the skin of your teeth
成語所屬單字skin
by the skin of your teeth — 慣用語
1. if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you succeed in doing it but only
1.慣用語
釋義
千鈞一髮；驚險地勉強達成
if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you succeed in doing it but only just, and you almost fail.
例句
The Watanabe family escaped the flood by the skin of their teeth as the water reached their doorstep.
Jude passed the maths exam by the skin of his teeth with a score of exactly sixty per cent.