Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is by the skin of my teeth and its meaning is “just barely, only just, narrowly, by a very small margin, just in time (escape from a bad situation)“.
Example Sentence: People from a wide range of different locations, lifestyles and backgrounds who have been keeping a weekly log for BritainThinks during lockdown. One 25-year-old diarist wrote: “Essential services are completely underfunded. We got through by the skin of our teeth. We may not be so lucky next time.”
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Only 12% want a return to the old ‘normal’ Britain after Covid-19 and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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