skin of my teeth

Skin of my teeth (Hebrew: ע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי ‘ō-wr šin-nāy) is a phrase from the Bible. In Job 19:20, the King James Version of the Bible says, "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." In the Geneva Bible, the phrase is rendered as "I haue escaped with the skinne of my tethe."1

In modern times, "by the skin of my teeth" is used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape.

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That fire accident was so bad I got out only with the skin of my teeth.

no skin off my teeth

You say this when you're neutral about something and you want to say you don't care either way.

Dave: Hey do you mind if I trash your jeep tonight ?
Me: nah ... no skin off my teeth.

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