spitting distance

A very short distance, as in We were in spitting distance of winning the pennant but then we lost three games in a row . Alluding to the relatively short distance over which one's spit will carry, this idiom was first recorded in 1895 as within spitting range.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Genovefa	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized, ?)
Bower	['bauə]
'Isam	-	Arabic
Lorainne	lə-RAYN	English (Rare)
Zaman	-	Arabic, Urdu
Phanuhel	-	Biblical Latin