another coat of paint

The narrowest of margins. The phrase was used in such instances as a ballplayer's commenting that “that pitch came awfully close,” to which the batter replied, “Yeah, another coat of paint, and I'd have been a goner.”

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leopoldo	le-o-POL-do (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Nikolaj	-	Danish, Slovene
Dunn	[dʌn]
Winifred	['winifrid]
Vester	-	Danish
Rhiannon	hri-AN-ahn (Welsh), ree-AN-ən (English), REE-ən-ən (English)	Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology