プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぎりぎり
❶〔きしる音・様子〕
ぎりぎり歯を食い縛る
grind [grit] one's teeth
ぎりぎりと歯ぎしりをする
grate [gnash] one's teeth
❷〔極限の様子〕
カドミウム汚染は許容量ぎりぎりだ
Cadmium pollution levels are at the very limit of what is permissible.
それは譲歩できるぎりぎりの線です
That is the (ut)most that I can concede.
時間ぎりぎりで間に合った
I was barely in time.／I just barely made it.
原稿は締め切りぎりぎりに届いた
We received the manuscript 「just before the deadline [at the very last minute].