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
Laurentin	-	French
Faivish	-	Yiddish
Callias	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Branka	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Gotzone	-	Basque
Petrona	pe-TRO-nah	Spanish