only a hair's breadth

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• hair's breadth — hair’s breadth UK US noun [singular] the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree The car only missed us by a hair’s breadth. We were a hair’s breadth away from winning a fortune. Thesaurus: specific types of distancehyponym small numbers… …   Useful english dictionary

• hair's breadth — UK / US noun [singular] the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree The car only missed us by a hair s breadth. We were a hair s breadth away from winning a fortune …   English dictionary

• by a hair's breadth — If a person escapes from some danger by a hair s breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• by a hair's breadth —    If a person escapes from some danger by a hair s breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• By a hair's breadth —   If a person escapes from some danger by a hair s breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been… …   Dictionary of English idioms

• Carl Hilty — (1833 1909) was a Swiss philosopher, writer and lawyer. He famously said Peace is only a hair s breadth away from war. He studied at the University of Gottingen …   Wikipedia

• by the skin of one's teeth — (ONLY) JUST, narrowly, by a hair s breadth, by a very small margin; informal by a whisker. → skin * * * by the skin of one s teeth see under ↑skin • • • Main Entry: ↑tooth * * * by a very narrow margin; barely I only got away by the skin o …   Useful english dictionary

• by a nose — (ONLY) JUST, barely, narrowly, by a hair s breadth, by the skin of one s teeth; informal by a whisker. → nose * * * by a nose By a very short distance or small margin • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * (of a victory) by a very narrow margin * * * by a …   Useful english dictionary

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• List of Fred's Head episodes — This is a list of episodes from the animated European canadian TV series Fred s Head. Life Through Rose Colored Glasses Fred his obsessed with a Chinese puzzle Madam Butterfly gave him. Since he plays that game all night long, Anemone Worrynaut,… …   Wikipedia