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单词 by the skin of your teeth
释义

by the skin ofyourteeth

idiom
If you do something by theskinofyourteeth, you only justsucceedin doing it:
侥幸成功，勉强完成
Heescapedfrom thesecretpoliceby theskinof histeeth.他从秘密警察手里侥幸逃脱。
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(Definition ofby the skin of your teethfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/by-the-skin-of-teeth##
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