Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “by the skin of one’s teeth” and it is a phrase meaning “only just, just, narrowly, by a by a very small margin”.
Example Sentence: Biden was a risky candidate for the same reasons Hillary Clinton was a risky candidate. He was risky because of his swampy record because he had so little to offer so many people in such deep crisis. It seems he has secured an electoral victory by the skin of his teeth but it was a high risk gamble from the start.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article We were told Joe Biden was the ‘safe choice’. Why did he barely scrape through? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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