SYNONYMES DE «BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH» EN ANGLAIS
Les mots suivants dans le dictionnaire anglais ont une signification proche ou identique à celle du mot «by the skin of one's teeth» et appartiennent à la même catégorie grammaticale.
synonymes en anglais de by the skin of one's teeth
MOTS EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH»
by the skin of one's teeth
narrowly
skin
teeth
more
yellow
than
others
meaning
idiom
whiten
your
origin
burn
midnight
idioms
phrases
just
barely
amount
equal
thickness
imaginary
through
calculus
class
dict
escaped
wörterbuch
hängen
würgen
knapper
popular
explained
oxfordwords
blog
oxford
dictionaries
them
referring
usually
narrow
escape
from
disaster
phrase
finder
used
regard
first
appears
geneva
bible
wordreference
forums
comment
dire
gagner
peine
exemple
were
twenty
minutes
late
still
world
wide
words
puzzling
even
nonsensical
expression
story
learning
speak
what
does
jennifer
mean
when
says
that
caught
train
wants
whether
have
french
results
translations
resisting
persuasion
communication
hidden
success
resisted
persuasive
messages
zakary
tormala
joshua
clarkson
collins
always
official
comprehensive
authoritative
rely
date
with
insights
into
language
trends
10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH»
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Idioms in
the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
By the skin of one's teeth comes from the Bible: "I have escaped with the skin of
my teeth," in the Book of Job. We may guess that was a colorful way of saying
escaped with nothing but my body, or perhaps something was lost in translation
from ...
2
The American Heritage Dictionary
of Idioms, Second Edition
... and by the 19305 the variant skid row, with its current meaning, came into use.
skin 0 In addition to the idioms beginning with SKIN, also see BEAUTY IS ONLY
SKIN DEEP; BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH; GET UNDER SOMEONE'S SKIN; ...
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in
the USA
Teed off: extremely upset. He was teed off that she canceled their date tonight.
Teensy Teensy/Teensy weensy: a very small or tiny amount. We could see
teensy weensy spiders crawling on the wall. Teeth By the skin of one's teeth: just
barely; ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
4
Oxford Dictionary
of English
phrases be skin and bone (ofa person or animal) be very thin. by the skin of one's
teeth by a very narrow margin; only just: I only got away by the skin ofmy teeth. [
from a misquotation of Job 19:20: 'I am escaped with the skin of my teeth' (i.e. ...
... that I got tongue-tied. EZninjnS I was so nervous during my acceptance speech
that I was unable to speak clearly. BMJJlfJJ.TM I w'z so nervous during my
acceptance speech th'd I got tongue-tied. by the skin of one's teeth exp. barely ...
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A Dictionary
of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
... pants • by the skin of one's teeth by the seat of one's pants—do smth. using
experience and intuition rather than theory: I don't follow recipes, but prefer to
cook by the seat of my pants, as it were. by the skin of one's teeth—only just
manage to ...
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What Made
The Crocodile Cry?: 101 Questions about
the ...
By the skin of one's teeth is one of them. Meaning 'narrowly' or 'barely', and
referring usually to a narrow escape from disaster, the phrase comes from the
Book of Job, in which Job is subjected to horrible trials by Satan, to be relieved
finally by ...
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English/German Dictionary
of Idioms: Supplement to
the ...
by the skin of one's teeth Hangen: mit Hangen und Bangen etw. schaffen/... ♢
Müh(e): mit knapper Mühe etw. schaffen/... * Not: mit genauer Not ... to escape/to
get off/to get through s.th./... by the skin of one's teeth Ach: mit Ach und Krach etw.
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
Fed up to the back teeth with something—Extremely bored or dissatisfied with
something E.g. She was fed up to the back teeth with her long boring cottage
vocations. By the skin of one's teeth—You just manage to do it, but very nearly fail
E.g. ...
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Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage
The idiom to escape by the skin of one's teeth is an altered form of the Authorized
Version of job 19:20: I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Idiom and allusion
go their own way in language; however, it is important to give the correct form ...
8 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH»
Découvrez de quoi on parle dans les médias nationaux et internationaux et comment le terme
by the skin of one's teeth est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
World War reads: Beyond the Classics
The story has all the familiar elements of war accounts—internment, starvation, death marches and survival by the skin of one's teeth. «Forbes India, févr 15»
Pentumble Review
It's not easy, and more often than not tumbling through a line of shrieking death-blades by the skin of one's teeth is "celebrated" with a single ... «148Apps, août 14»
To Err is Human, To Forgive Bovine
We all know what getting away “by the skin of one's teeth” means, but what is the skin of one's teeth? The most probable explanation of the ... «Forward, oct 12»
Latin roots in body language
The second one looked at the names of our body parts used in English idioms, as in head over heels, by the skin of one's teeth, or not a leg to ... «Livemint, janv 12»
Merry CROSSEDmas: Garth Ennis Talks Crossed
Which is to say the stories have to be about survival, about running and hiding, escaping death by the skin of one's teeth, only fighting when ... «Bleeding Cool News, déc 11»
THE KING JAMES VERSION AND ITS 400TH ANNIVERSARY
Here are a few examples: “by the skin of one's teeth,” “the land of the living,” “to give up the ghost,” “the salt of the earth,” “put words in my mouth ... «NewsWithViews.com, déc 11»
King James Bible: How it changed the way we speak
Examples of Hebrew idiom that have become English via the Bible include: "to set one's teeth on edge", "by the skin of one's teeth", "the land of ... «BBC News, janv 11»
This five-year plan for Parliament is a fix in more ways than one
It is inevitable that if one gets into power by the skin of one's teeth, one wants to be sure to stay there. This, whatever else we are told, is why the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, sept 10»
