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
SÍOmha	SHEE-va	Irish
Dunham	['dʌhəm]
Nana (2)	nah-nah	Japanese
Alen	AHL-en (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovene
Nanuk	-	Native American, Inuit
Lilyana	-	Bulgarian