<P> Skin of my teeth (Hebrew: ע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי ‎ ‎' ō - wr šin - nāy) is a phrase from the Bible . In Job 19: 20, the King James Version of the Bible says, "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth ." In the Geneva Bible, the phrase is rendered as "I have escaped with the skinne of my tethe ." </P> <P> In modern times, "by the skin of my teeth" is used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape . </P> <Ul> <Li> Skin o' My Teeth--Megadeth used this phrase as a song name in their 1992 album, Countdown to Extinction, referring to the theme of a failed suicide attempt . </Li> <Li> The Skin of Our Teeth--A play by Thornton Wilder with multiple Biblical allusions . </Li> <Li> Skin o' My Tooth--A book by Baroness Emma Orczy in which the phrase is a nickname of the main character, a lawyer . The nickname is given by a client who says that he was freed "by the skin o' my tooth ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> Skin o' My Teeth--Megadeth used this phrase as a song name in their 1992 album, Countdown to Extinction, referring to the theme of a failed suicide attempt . </Li>

Made it by the skin of your teeth