プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
かんいっぱつ【間一髪】
彼は間一髪のところで死を免れた
He had 「a narrow escape from death [a close brush with death]./《口》 He escaped death by the skin of his teeth.
弾は間一髪のところで頭をそれた
The bullet missed my head by a hairsbreadth.
ふう,間一髪のところだった
Whew! That was 「a close call [a close shave/close].