Meaning of hair's breadth | Babel Free
Equivalents
Examples
“hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]”
“We won by a hair's breadth.”
“He missed me by a hair's breadth when he ran past me yesterday.”
“They came within a hair's breadth of contacting electrified water.”
“Measure⟳ Maddalena, and measure⟳ Minerva, and, from forehead to chin, you won't find⟳ a hair's breadth of difference between them.”
“"And then at last⟳ I see⟳ him, and behold, my chance is gone but by a hair's breadth even before I have⟳ it, for he is in the very jaws of death, whence no power of mine can draw⟳ him."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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