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By the skin of one's teeth means: very dangerous or difficult situation
Rick was used to living life by the skin of his teeth, 歷奇習慣了在困境 /險境 中過活,
He knew all too well that every breath he took could alter the course of
his existence.他十分之清楚,他呼吸的每一口氣都有可能改變他生活的進程 /存在的情況。
Yet with all they had faced in their time together he had never expected this. 然而綜合他們在此時期,所一起面對的,是他從未估計到的。
2008-12-29 23:35:17 補充:
He bit his own tongue hard and used the pain the gesture produced to ground himself 他大力咬自己的舌頭,用產生的痛楚,作為穩固自己的基礎。
2008-12-29 23:36:35 補充:
即:刻苦己身,磨練意志