The Wikipedia entry for "Skin of my teeth" (Job 19:20) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_of_my_teeth has a reference #2 to my *Teaching English to Hebrew Speakers* file https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/76250001/1782618803/name/Teaching_English_pics.docx the first item of which explains why this idiom means "barely, hardly, with difficulty". Ciao, Izzy ************************************** ** Subscribe/Unsubscribe - http://www.freelists.org/list/etni ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************