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1 por un tris
familiar by skin of one's teeth, by a hair's breadth -
2 tris
m.1 noise made by the breaking of glass (estallido).2 trice, an instant.3 noughts and crosses (game). (Latin American)* * *\en un tris familiar in a jiffyestar en un tris de to be on the point ofpor un tris familiar by skin of one's teeth, by a hair's breadth* * *SM INV1) (=estallido) crack; [al rasgarse] rip, tearing noise2)estuvo en un tris que lo perdiera — he very nearly lost it, he was within an inch of losing it
por un tris —
los dos coches evitaron el choque por un tris — the two cars avoided a collision by a hair's breadth
* * *estar en un tris de algo — to be within a hair's breadth of something
estuve en un tris de perder el empleo — I came very close to losing my job
* * *----* en un tris = in a trice.* * *estar en un tris de algo — to be within a hair's breadth of something
estuve en un tris de perder el empleo — I came very close to losing my job
* * ** en un tris = in a trice.* * *me queda un tris de leche I only have a tiny drop o bit of milk leftme queda un tris grande it's slightly (too) big for me, it's a touch (too) big for me ( colloq), it's a tiny bit too big for me ( colloq)estar en or (Andes, RPl) a un tris de algo to be within a hair's breadth of sthestuve en un tris de perder el empleo I came very close to losing my job* * *
tris m fam (a punto de, por poco) en un tris, almost
estuve en un tris de chocar contra una farola, I almost crashed into a street lamp
* * *tris nmFam2. Compestar en o Andes, RP [m5]a un tris de hacer algo: estuve en un tris de pegarle un tortazo I very nearly slapped him;estuvo en un tris de irse a pique it came within inches of sinking;por un tris: no me fui/no solté un par de voces por un tris I very nearly walked out/shouted* * *m:estuvo en un tris de caerse fam she came within an inch of falling* * *tris nmestar en un tris de : to be within an inch of, to be very close to
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