by a hair's breadth
English
Etymology
See
hair's breadth
.
Pronunciation
Audio
(
General Australian
)
:
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Prepositional phrase
by
a
hair
's
breadth
(
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
Hindi:
बाल-बाल
(
bāl-bāl
)
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