by a hair's breadth

English

Etymology

See hair's breadth.

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

by a hair 's breadth

(idiomatic) By a narrow margin.

Synonyms

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

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