a hair's breadth



a hair's breadth

a very small distance or amount Enemy forces are within a hair's breadth of the city. We were a hair's breadth away from getting caught. (= we were almost caught)
See also: breadth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dympna-Irish
LinfordLIN-fərdEnglish (Rare)
Keren Happukh-Biblical Hebrew
Vakhtang-Georgian
Feofan-Russian (Archaic)
Helewidis-Ancient Germanic