By the Skin of your Teeth

What it means

Manage something by the narrowest possible margin, with nothing at all to spare.

Where it comes from

It comes from the Book of Job, who escapes with the skin of his teeth. Teeth have no skin, and that is the point. The margin described is one that does not exist.

The puzzle it came from

By the Skin of your Teeth was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 29, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____ of your ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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