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
Joonas	YO:-nahs	Finnish
DanutĖ	-	Lithuanian
Deorwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Sylvianne	-	French
Celeste	che-LE-ste (Italian), sə-LEST (English)	Italian, English
Hildur	-	Icelandic, Norwegian