If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
narrow escape — noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑close call, ↑close shave, ↑squeak, ↑squeaker • Hypernyms: ↑accomplishment, ↑achievement * * * … Useful english dictionary
narrow escape — {n. phr.} An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. * /If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
narrow escape — {n. phr.} An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. * /If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
narrow escape — an escape with no chance of error He had a narrow escape when he almost fell from his bicycle … Idioms and examples
Narrow escape problem — The narrow escape problem is an ubiquitous problem in biology, biophysics and cellular biology. The formulation is the following: a Brownian particle (ion, molecule, or protein) is confined to a bounded domain (a compartment or a cell) by a… … Wikipedia
narrow escape — close call, near miss, miraculous rescue, escape with very little time to spare … English contemporary dictionary
have a narrow escape — have a narrow/lucky/escape phrase to avoid being killed or seriously injured only because you were lucky or made a very big effort A couple had a narrow escape when a tree fell just in front of their car. Thesaurus: to avoid risks or… … Useful english dictionary
(a) narrow escape — a situation in which you were lucky because you just managed to avoid danger or trouble. He only just got out of the vehicle before the whole thing blew up. It was a narrow escape … New idioms dictionary
narrow squeak — noun A narrow escape • • • Main Entry: ↑narrow * * * narrow squeak, Informal. a narrow escape … Useful english dictionary
Narrow — Nar row (n[a^]r r[ o]), a. [Compar. {Narrower} (n[a^]r r[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Narrowest}.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
