By the Skin of Your Teeth - The idiom “by the skin of your teeth” means to narrowly escape a bad situation or barely succeed. A penguin leaps onto a floating ice block, only to spot a massive seal lounging there. It jumps back into the water just in time to avoid being caught. You could say, “That penguin escaped by the skin of its teeth!” Business and Professional Example: A team is preparing a major presentation but faces technical issues right before their scheduled time. They manage to fix t