by a hair's breadth

By an extremely short distance or slim margin of time. They're just about to close the gates! it looks like we made the flight by a hair's breadth. The race was neck and neck till the very end, but Sally won it by a hair's breadth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adir	-	Hebrew
Hamza	-	Arabic
Gaea	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Mcneal	[mək'ni:l]
Lorenza	-	Italian, Spanish
Jan	['dʒæn]