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Sentence #3339157

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 patgfisher patgfisher June 24, 2014 June 24, 2014 at 1:17:13 PM UTC link Permalink

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"by the skin of one's teeth' (idiom) means to only just or barely succeed in doing something.

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Tom thought he had plenty of time to catch his plane but he only just made it by the skin of his teeth.

added by patgfisher, June 24, 2014
➜ #3339293Tom dachte, er hätte jede Menge Zeit, seinen Flug zu erreichen, aber es klappte gerade noch mit Müh und Not.

linked by freddy1, June 24, 2014
➜ #3339447Tom mente at han havde masser af tid til at nå sit fly, men han nåede det kun med nød og næppe.

linked by danepo, June 24, 2014
➜ #3339452Tom mente at han havde masser af tid til at nå sit fly, men han nåede det kun på et hængende hår.

linked by danepo, June 24, 2014
Tom thought he had plenty of time to catch his plane, but he only just made it by the skin of his teeth.

edited by patgfisher, June 25, 2014
➜ #3340018Tom luuli, että hänellä oli reilusti aikaa ehtiä koneeseen, mutta hän ehti siihen vain nipin napin.

linked by Silja, June 25, 2014
➜ #3700705Tom pensava di avere un sacco di tempo per prendere il suo aereo, però ce l'ha fatta solo per il rotto della cuffia.

linked by Guybrush88, December 19, 2014
➜ #3700706Tom pensava di avere un sacco di tempo per prendere il suo aereo, però ce la fece solo per il rotto della cuffia.

linked by Guybrush88, December 19, 2014
➜ #4769132Tom uçağını yakalamak için bol zamanı olduğunu düşünüyordu ama o yalnızca ucu ucuna yetişti.

linked by deyta, December 15, 2015
➜ #5762117תום חשב שיש לו הרבה זמן עד הטיסה, אבל הוא הצליח בקושי להגיע ברגע האחרון.

linked by fekundulo, January 11, 2017
➜ #7174811Tom thought that he had plenty of time to catch his plane, but he only just made it by the skin of his teeth.

linked by CK, September 18, 2018
➜ #10910844Tom azt hitte, hogy bőven van ideje elérni a gépét, de épp csak hajszál híján sikerült neki.

linked by H_Liliom, June 14, 2022