nära ögat

Swedish

Etymology

nära (“near, close to”) +‎ ögat (“the eye”)

Adverb

nära ögat (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) very close (to something bad happening), a close call
    Det var nära ögat
    That was a close call

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