Смысл: breadth 
breadth [bredθ,bretθ]
n
<Í> 1. ширина
the room is six feet in breadth - ширина комнаты шесть футов
2. полотнище; определённая ширина (ткани, линолеума и т. п. )
a breadth of cloth - полотнище ткани
3. 1) широта (кругозора, интересов и т. п. )
breadth of mind - широта ума
2)иск.
4. несдержанность, вольность, свобода (в разговоре, поведении )
too much breadth in his behaviour - ≅ он слишком много себе позволяет
5.тех.
♢ by a hair's breadth - нисколько, совсем не
it won't shake my belief in him by a hair's breadth - это нисколько не поколеблет мою веру в него
by /within/ a hair's breadth of smth. - на волосок от чего-л.
he was within a hair's breadth of being run over by a car - его чуть не переехала машина
to a hair's breadth - точь-в-точь, в точности
<Í> 1. ширина
2. полотнище; определённая ширина (
3. 1) широта (
2)
4. несдержанность, вольность, свобода (
5.
breadth Идиома
by a hair’s breadth
Idiom(s): by a hair(’s breadth) AND by a whiskerTheme: AMOUNT - SMALL
just barely; by a very small distance. (The whisker phrase is folksy.)
• I just missed getting on the plane by a hair's breadth.
• I made it by a hair!
• The arrow missed the deer by a whisker.
By a hair's breadth
If a person escapes from some danger by a hair's breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure was so close.
An breadth idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with breadth, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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