by the skin of (one's) teeth

Barely. Often used to describe something that almost didn't happen. Oh man, my car wouldn't start this morning—I just made it here by the skin of my teeth!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Porphyrios	-	Ancient Greek
Vercingetorix	wer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)	Ancient Celtic
Thelma	THEL-mə	English
Bianca	[bi'æŋkə]
Konstancja	kawn-STAHNTS-yah	Polish
Geoffrey	['dʒefri]