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
Suzette	soo-ZET	French
Slavica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Marni	-	English
Medhat	-	Arabic
Slamet	SLAH-met	Indonesian, Javanese
Naevius	-	Ancient Roman