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BY A HAIR

Modern Translation: BY A HAIR

Language Translations for "BY A HAIR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

hänen henkensä oli hiuskarvan varassa (his life hung by a hair, it was touch and go). (various references)

   

German

  

um ein Haar (by a fraction of an inch, within an inch). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egy hajszálon függ (to hang by a hair, to hang by a thread). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ybay aay airhay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıl payı (by a fraction of an inch, by a hairbreadth, by a hair's breadth, by a shave, just). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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