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| Language | Translations for "A NARROW ESCAPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpëtoi për një fije floku (he had a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Czech | uniknout jen o vlas (have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Danish | undslippe med noed og naeppe (to have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Dutch | vrijvaren (to have a narrow escape), misvaren (to have a narrow escape), juist misgaan (to have a narrow escape), er rakelings langsgaan (to have a narrow escape), bijna aanvaren (to have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Finnish | täpärä pelastus. (various references) | |
French | l'échapper belle (to have a narrow escape), faillir heurter (to have a narrow escape), échapper de justesse (to have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
German | mit knapper Not davonkommen (to have a narrow escape), missfahren (to have a narrow escape), gerade nicht beruehren (to have a narrow escape), gerade missgehen (to have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Greek | αποφεύγω μόλις τη σύγκρουση (to have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Hungarian | majdnem ráment (have a narrow escape), majd elpatkolt (have a narrow escape), egy hajszálon múlik a megmenekülése (have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 九死に一生を得る (to have a narrow escape from death), 九死一生 (a narrow escape from the jaw of death). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうしにいっしょうをうる (to have a narrow escape from death), きゅうしいっしょう (a narrow escape from the jaw of death). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay arrownay escapeay.(various references) | |
Romanian | scãpa ieftin (come off cheap, come off with a small loss, get off light, have a narrow escape, have a narrow squeak), scãpa ca prin urechile acului (escape by the skin of one's teeth, have a narrow escape, have a narrow squeak). (various references) | |
Turkish | zor kurtulmak (have a narrow escape), paçayı sıyırmak (cut the gordian knot, escape, have a narrow escape, live through, save one's bacon). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чудом уникнути загибелі (have a narrow escape). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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