by the skin of your teeth
- Nghĩa tiếng Việt
- Vừa kịp thoát
- Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
- By the narrowest possible margin, barely succeeding at all.
Ví dụ: We caught the last train by the skin of our teeth.

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Thành ngữ dùng hình ảnh các bộ phận cơ thể để nói về sự kín đáo, nhận thức và tầm ảnh hưởng, như turn a blind eye, bite your tongue và the long arm of the law.

Ví dụ: We caught the last train by the skin of our teeth.

Ví dụ: The manager turned a blind eye to the staff leaving early.

Ví dụ: She's kept her new colleague at arm's length so far.

Ví dụ: You can trust her advice — she's always had a good head on her shoulders.

Ví dụ: I had to bite my tongue when he criticised my work in front of everyone.

Ví dụ: After the disagreement, he washed his hands of the whole project.

Ví dụ: Good journalists keep their ear to the ground for new stories.

Ví dụ: The design team really has its finger on the pulse of new trends.

Ví dụ: He watched us pack and didn't lift a finger.

Ví dụ: Whenever I'm down, my sister is a shoulder to cry on.

Ví dụ: That clause has been a thorn in your side for a decade.

Ví dụ: With back against the wall they finally negotiated.

Ví dụ: The club decided to give someone the elbow after one season.

Ví dụ: The long arm of the law reached him in another country.

Ví dụ: She is nineteen with an old head on young shoulders.

Ví dụ: The letter to the board was a stab in the back and everybody knew it.

Ví dụ: He would bare your soul to a stranger and tell his family nothing.

Ví dụ: We had have your heart in your mouth for the whole descent.

Ví dụ: Everyone had to put your shoulder to the wheel for the last fortnight.

Ví dụ: Two shifts a week were enough to keep body and soul together.
