This phrase means to achieve something by a narrow margin, to only just succeed.
Example: In 2008 in the Premier League Wigan Athletic stayed in the top flight by the skin of their teeth, they stayed up with a goal difference of one better than Sheffield United.
Day twenty four at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase stubborn defence from the France v...
Day ten at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the verb phrase 'to shrug off' and how we can use it to...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the adjective phrase, 'out-and-out' which is used to talk about players' styles of play.
In this football phrase of the week we look at the pverb phrasehrase 'skied it'. This phrase can be used to describe shooting or a shot.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is a verb phrase' to latch on to'. This is used to describe a player controlling the ball.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohammad Salah in comments this week.
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