Tuesday 26 April 2016

BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH


by the skin of your teeth

  (informal)
  • if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it;
  • by the smallest margin; just barely.;
  • used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape -or, conversely, a situation in which one failed to win by a very narrow margin.;
  • we usually say it when we have done something just in the nick of time or avoided/missed something by a very narrow margin, by a hair's breath.
 We escaped by the skin of our teeth.
England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1-0.
I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth.
Lloyd escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth.


Photocopies from 26th Apri

Oral presentations: what makes a good presentation?  VIDEO

Radio programmes about snoring: 
-- NPR 
-- BBC
-- Woman's Hour 
-- New Zealand Radio 

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