Meaning of (BY THE) SKIN OF ONE`S TEETH in English

(BY THE) SKIN OF ONE`S TEETH: only just, barely We were able to arrive in time for the train by the skin of our teeth.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — phrasal by a very narrow margin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — just barely, by a narrow margin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — : by a very narrow margin
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — by a very narrow margin
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — by a very narrow margin. → skin
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 …
Slang English vocab
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — (ONLY) JUST, narrowly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin; informal by a whisker. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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 …
Словарь английских идиом
BY THE SKIN OF ONE`S TEETH — by a very small margin, barely I made the application date for the job by the skin of my teeth.
English Idioms vocab
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — barely succeed in doing something.
English Idioms vocab
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 …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — adv infml He got promoted by the skin of his teeth — Его еле перевели в другой класс She came tearing up …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — adv infml He got promoted by the skin of his teeth — Его еле перевели в другой класс She came …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — skin of one's teeth, by the adv infml He got promoted by the skin of his teeth Его еле перевели …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH — He got promoted by the skin of his teeth — Его еле перевели в другой класс She came tearing up …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEETH — (v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.
Английский словарь Webster
TEETH — ( v. i. ) To breed, or grow, teeth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETH — — teethless , adj. /teeth/ , n. pl. of tooth .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIN — — skinlike , adj. /skin/ , n. , v. , skinned, skinning , adj. n. 1. the external covering or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETH — v. grow teeth (about an infant or child)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TEETH — dentition, characteristic arrangement of teeth in human or animal; real power, real strength and effectiveness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English scinn skin, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEETH — noun ·pl of tooth. 2. teeth ·vi to breed, or grow, teeth. 3. teeth ·pl of tooth.
Webster English vocab
SKIN — vi to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. skin ·noun a vessel made of skin, used …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
TEETH — [teeth] pl of tooth
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — [skin] n, often attrib [ME, fr. ON skinn; akin to OE scinn skin, MHG schint fruit peel] (13c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from …
Britannica English vocabulary
TEETH — teeth BrE AmE tiːθ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKIN — skin BrE AmE skɪn ▷ skinned skɪnd ▷ skinning ˈskɪn ɪŋ ▷ skins skɪnz ▶ ˈ skin ˌ diver BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETH — teeth /tiːθ/ BrE AmE the plural of ↑ tooth
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIN — I. skin 1 S2 W2 /skɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skinn ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKIN — n. & v. n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1. the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
TEETH — Teeth is the plural of tooth .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN — ( skins, skinning, skinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETH — Teeth is the plural of tooth .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEETH — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES armed to the teeth (= carrying a lot of weapons ) ▪ Many of the gangs …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEETH — (AGAINST) [plural] [noun] - in the teeth of against, because of, or despiteThe plan collapsed/survived in the teeth of fierce …
Cambridge English vocab

English Idioms vocab

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