by the skin of one's teeth

by the skin of one's teeth  {adv. phr.}
By a narrow margin; with no room to spare; barely.
The drowning man struggled, and I got him to land by the skin of my teeth.
She passed English by the skin of her teeth.
Compare: SQUEAK THROUGH, WITHIN AN ACE OF or WITHIN AN INCH OF.
Categories: adverb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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