[DOC] [TLE] Idioms and Phrases - Lakshay Arora [PAR] A close shave: a narrow escape ... By the skin of one's teeth: only just ... To read 
between the lines: to grasp the hidden meaning ... To take the wind out of 
another's sails: to anticipate another and to gain advantage over him .... It is 
difficult to keep a level head/remain cool and composed in these days of 
mounting prices. [DOC] [TLE] A Reference Guide to American English Idioms [PAR] Idiom: a group of words that means something different than the ... idioms fall out 
of use and others develop to ... Instead, these are placed at the end of the idiom, 
separated ..... Now that you've been made a vice-president, you're really a big ..... 
building, but he made it by the skin of his teeth. 2. ... Compare to: close shave. [DOC] [TLE] resource list idioms  figurative language - Reading Manipulatives [PAR] out of luck. The eight ball in a pool game must be sunk last or the person loses. 
between the devil and ... by the skin of one's teeth barely escaped ... close shave 
... means,dead as something that never existed. dog-eat- ... muskets made them 
fire; they sometimes flashed but ..... If you do the math, you'll find these are two. [DOC] [TLE] A Study of the Problems of Learning and Translating Idioms [PAR] Idioms are a very important part of the English language: you are told that if you 
want to go far (succeed) you ... The foreign-language learner is left trying to figure 
out where and how the ... for the train, and caught it by the skin of my teeth, etc.
He kept .... substitute words that are close in meaning in these phrases. The man
... [DOC] [TLE] 10 Sayings and their Strange Origins - Listverse [PAR] Aug 15, 2010 ... The origins of these phrases are often unexpected and strange. ... One phrase 
my family and I always wondered about was close put no cigar ..... Whenever I 
say "break a leg", what I mean is, "Do so terrible that you break a leg". .... Many 
odd sayings, like 'by the skin of your teeth' come from the Bible, and... [DOC] [TLE] Escape - definition of escape by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Although of unknown origin, guy in these phrases means 'a decampment, a 
running off ... If you escape from a place such as a prison, you get out of it and are 
free. ... Noun, 1. escape - the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape 
from the ...... especially the tall, stiff chairs; one of which stood close by her 
bedside, and... [DOC] [TLE] Whisker - Idioms by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Definition of whisker in the Idioms Dictionary. whisker phrase. ... For example, His 
serve was out by a hair, or We made our flight by a hairbreadth, or Dad missed... [DOC] [TLE] A Singing Kind of Seeing: Heather McHugh and Christine Hume in ... [PAR] Aug 4, 2004 ... How do you see your poetry in relation to constructions of the self, the 
possibilities of sincerity, ... Would I have wished these poets happier 
interpersonal relations? ... Close shave. ... By the seat of one's pants--i.e., by the 
skin of one's teeth. ... One does a singing kind of seeing, out of round blind-
sidedness. [DOC] [TLE] to Download Idioms and phrases in PDF - Luminous Adda [PAR] Gloss over (explain away) : Even if you are an important ... name with some mean 
act.  To catch ... To come off with flying colours (to come out of a conflict ... 
locusts made short work of the ripe standing corn. ..... The bus had a close shave 
as its driver swerved to the right a .... but the sailors escaped by the skin of their 
teeth. [DOC] [TLE] Idioms and Expressions - Pima County Fair [PAR] The list of idioms and expressions below is by no means complete, and, ... The

Question: A close shave means you made it out "by the skin of " these
Answer: your teeth