Usage of "close shave"

испанский

Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

Использование термина close shave на английском

It had been a close shave, but I had been in time. 
 The Thirty-Nine Steps 

That was a close shave, having the local copper almost find him. 
 Evan and elle 

We had a mighty close shave over that state line this A.M. 
 The City of Fire 

We should have a close shave if anything gave way above us. 
 Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero 

I finally give you a white mark-butit was a close shave. 
 A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment 

But it was a close shave, all right, I tell you, Andy! 
 The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing; Or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropi... 

No, nothing to speak of; but it was a close shave. 
 In Times of Peril: A Tale of India 

Brearley's erstwhile vice-captain was thus reprieved, a close shave of decidedly Turkish piquancy. 
 The Guardian 

It'll be an uncommonly close shave in any case- Ihavemyself to keep. 
 The Far Horizon 

The process of getting a close shave shouldn't be so strenuous. 
 Ebony 

Slightly prickly from a not-so- close shave, but smoother than she expected. 
 Sushi for one? 

Chandeliers do produce one memory, which might be classed as a close shave. 
 Life 

We all had a close shave more than once for being too fast. 
 Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a... 

Despite Sammy's close shave I maintained a well-grounded faith in him. 
 Sweetapple Cove 

We had a close shave, but we are out of danger. 
 Andy Grant's Pluck 

I am sound enough, thank goodness, but I had a very close shave. 
 The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate 

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