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
Chrissie	KRIS-ee	English
Nes	NES	Dutch, Limburgish
Prochoros	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Audrey	['ɔ:dri]
Lavina	-	English
MaŁGorzata	mahw-gaw-ZHAH-tah	Polish