to escape by (with) the skin of one's teeth
to have a close shave of it
to have a close shave of it
- suýt nữa thì bị tóm: to have a hairbreadth escapeto have a narrow (hairbreadth) escape
- suýt nữa thì chết: to be within an ace of death
- suýt nữa: adverbalmost, nearly