Por los pelos

[irmamar]

Thank you, Ambarina.

I'd say: aprobé el examen rozando o rayando el suspenso (using "scrape").

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Can anybody provide an example with near miss, and close shave???

[Perikles]

Escrito originalmente por ROBINDESBOIS

Can anybody provide an example with near miss, and close shave???

I had a close shave yesterday when my girlfriend's husband returned home unexpectedly. I managed to jump out of the window just in time.

near miss

[bobjenkins]

Escrito originalmente por Perikles

I had a close shave yesterday when my girlfriend's husband returned home unexpectedly. I managed to jump out of the window just in time.


near miss

¡Qué malo eres tú!

(Near miss) me suena raro.. Solamente yo lo usaría cuando con un objeto vuelve hacía a alguien

The baseball thrown by my girlfriend´s husband while I was escaping through the window was a near miss, it flew right past my head!

[Perikles]

Escrito originalmente por bobjenkins

The baseball thrown by my girlfriend´s husband while I was escaping through the window was a near miss, it flew right past my head!

Hey - a near miss and a close shave

[irmamar]

Looking up these words, I've seen "by a narrow margin". I think that it would fit perfectly with "por los pelos"

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Thanks again.