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within an inch of one's life en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /wɪðˌɪn ən ˈɪntʃ əv wʌnz ˈlaɪf/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. To a point where one is at great risk of death; or (figuratively, hyperbolic) of severe danger or trouble.
  2. (excessive, figuratively) Almost as much as possible; to an extreme extent.
    • Every drawer had the names of the tools inside written on the front. There were also several parts lockers; they too were labeled and organized within an inch of their lives. 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Minotaur, →ISBN, page 77:

Relateds

difficult situation · close shave · by a hair's breadth

Synonyms

within an inch of one's skin

Translations (7)

sh za dlaku (almost as much as possible; to an extreme extent) · hu kis/hajszál híján agyon- (to a point where one is at great risk of death) · hu agyba-főbe (to a point of severe danger or trouble) · hu hogy attól koldul (to a point of severe danger or trouble) · hu alaposan (almost as much as possible; to an extreme extent) · hu félholtra (to a point where one is at great risk of death) · sh na rubu smrti (to a point where one is at great risk of death)