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
Eugen	OI-gen (German)	German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Alojzija	-	Slovene, Croatian
Eddy	ED-ee	English
Andrina	an-DREEN-ə	English (Rare)
Humphries	['hʌmfriz]
Irinushka	-	Russian