かんいっぱつ

[間一髪] ¶～の逃亡

a narrow squeak

¶～でのがれる

escape by a hairbreadth;have a narrow ［hairsbreadth］ escape from ... ;have a narrow ［close， near］ shave;have a narrow ［close］ scrape 苦境から間一髪のがれる.

間一髪
hair's breadth

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かんいっぱつ【間一髪】

¶～の逃亡

a narrow squeak

¶～でのがれる

escape by a hairbreadth; have a narrow ［hairsbreadth］ escape from...; have a narrow ［close， near］ shave; have a narrow ［close］ scrape 苦境から間一髪のがれる.

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かんいっぱつ【間一髪】

a hair(s)breadth.

●間一髪で間に合う meet 《a deadline》 by the narrowest of margins; be just barely on time.

●間一髪のところで逃れる escape by a hairsbreadth; have a hairbreadth [very narrow] escape

・弾は間一髪のところで急所をはずれた. The bullet missed a vital spot by a hairsbreadth.

●「ああ危なかった, 親爺に見つかるかと思った」「間一髪だったね」 “Oh, that was close; I thought my father would catch me.”―“Yes, you had a very narrow escape.”