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Because (of course) your teeth don't have skin, the expression

by the skin of your teeth

suggests 'by the smallest possible margin'.

This reference claims an origin in The Geneva Bible 1560.

Because (of course) your teeth don't have skin, the expression

by the skin of your teeth

suggests 'by the smallest possible margin'.

Because (of course) your teeth don't have skin, the expression

by the skin of your teeth

suggests 'by the smallest possible margin'.

This reference claims an origin in The Geneva Bible 1560.

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Because (of course) your teeth don't have skin, the expression

by the skin of your teeth

suggests 'by the smallest possible margin'.