英语词源
skin (by the skin of one’s teeth )好不容易才……
one does something by the skin of one’s teeth指某人好不容易才做好某事。如:
They escaped death by the skin of their teeth.
他们死里逃生。
这一成语出自“钦定版”《圣经》中《约伯记》(Job )第19章第20节:
“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
“我的皮肉紧贴骨头,我只剩牙皮逃脱了。”
——摘自《单词的历史:英语词源漫谈》