by a hair's breadth

English

Etymology

See hair's breadth.

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

by a hair's breadth

1. (idiomatic) By a narrow margin.

Synonyms

• by the skin of one's teeth
• within an inch of one's life

Translations

by a narrow margin

• Finnish: karvan verran
• French: à deux doigts (fr), à un cheveu (fr), à un poil
• German: um ein Haar (de), um Haaresbreite
• Hungarian: egy hajszállal
• Irish: idir cleith agus ursain
• Luxembourgish: op en Hoer
• Polish: o włos
• Portuguese: por um fio, por um triz (pt)
• Spanish: por un pelo
• Sranan Tongo: ete wan ingiwiwiri
• Swedish: med en hårsmån (sv)

See also

• close shave