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
Klasina	klah-SEE-nah	Dutch
Aminda	ah-MEEN-dah	Esperanto
Tjeerd	TYAY:RT (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Kumar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannad
Iuppiter	-	Roman Mythology
Bee	BEE	English