skin of your teeth?!

nik1971 | 10:56 Wed 21st Jun 2006 | Phrases & Sayings

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where does the phrase "hanging on by the skin of your teeth " come from?

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"By the skin of one's teeth" means something like the merest, smallest margin possible. Similar imagery to "hanging on by one's fingernails".

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I read years ago that is is something to do with breast feeding a child which bites. How it came to get its current meaning, I don't know

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