What mean " pass by the skin of your teeth" ?
this mean that you have just passed and you got 51%. you almost failed but one make so you didn't fail but you did pass.

Please correct my mistake.
I understand meaning but i not understand why used this sentence "pass by the skin of your teeth" ?

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What mean " pass by the skin of your teeth" ?
this mean that you have just passed and you got 51%. you almost failed but one make so you didn't fail but you did pass.

Please correct my mistake. 
I understand meaning but i not understand why used this sentence "pass by the skin of your teeth" ?

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A person´s teeth obviously don´t have skin! Thus, the expression ¨by the skin of your teeth¨ means that you have JUST BARELY managed to accomplish something. In other words, you passed by the slimmest margin possible :)

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It's an idiom that means "only barely". How much skin do you have on your teeth ? That's the image.

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It's a Biblical reference. There are many sayings from Bible that have become common phrases. A 1611 English translation of the Bible, the "King James version," became deeply embedded in the culture of English speakers. Many English speakers use them without thinking of them as being religious in any way.

Job 19:20, "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."

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