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Mia Le
2023-06-05 04:06
Within an inch of (one's) life phrase
To the point where one's life is near death
I was within an inch of my life when his car hit mine.
I barely could breathe because of the smoke, I thought I came within an inch of my life. Luckily, the firefighter rescued me before I fainted.
Her husband beat her to within an inch of her life.
The inexplicable or concealed place or state indicates the afterlife.
To pour concrete over a dead body
1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends
2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death
Do you see anything wrong?
Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character
I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.
