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Irish
Etymology
Literally, “between wattle and jamb”
Phrase
idir cleith agus ursain
- by the skin of one's teeth, by a hair's breadth
Idir cleith is ursain d'imigh sé- He escaped by the skin of his teeth/by a hair’s breadth.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ursa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cleith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “idir cleith agus ursain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “idir cleith agus ursain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025