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 haue escaped with the skinne of my tethe."1
In modern times, "by the skin of my teeth" is used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape.
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In modern times, "by the skin of my teeth" is used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape.
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So, I called Jeremy, but he was tweeting with the face space, so I told him I'd call him back later, since I didn't want to interfere with his newfangled electronic masturbation machine.
Cindy told me she was trying to contact me all day. When I told her I don't tweet with the face space, she laughed with understanding, and said she'd ring later. I told her "two longs, one short". She didn't get it.
Cindy told me she was trying to contact me all day. When I told her I don't tweet with the face space, she laughed with understanding, and said she'd ring later. I told her "two longs, one short". She didn't get it.
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These are tweets sent out by Twitterers with a vast collection of followers, but who only follow a handful themselves. Generally the celeb end of the spectrum.
Noted for inanity and the transparent 'need to be appreciated' usually displayed by the sender.
When Shakespeare said 'All the world's a stage...' He didn't mean this.
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Kelly: Kim Kardashian has just had a Mocha Latte! She was going to have a biscotti, but can't risk the calories!
Dan: Honey, I'm... um, thrilled about Kim's "Vanity Tweet", but I've got to get back to designing this hydroelectric plant we're building in the Caucasus.
Kelly: Kim Kardashian has just had a Mocha Latte! She was going to have a biscotti, but can't risk the calories!
Dan: Honey, I'm... um, thrilled about Kim's "Vanity Tweet", but I've got to get back to designing this hydroelectric plant we're building in the Caucasus.
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Tweeter1: "I received five Tweet skanks this week, how many did you get?"
Tweeter2: "I got three and one of them infected my machine when I followed the link -- LenaYuck69, who posted, 'Im lonely cn u help me? check my pics'."
Tweeter1: "Fool. You block Tweet skanks, you don't follow them or their links!"
Tweeter2: "I got three and one of them infected my machine when I followed the link -- LenaYuck69, who posted, 'Im lonely cn u help me? check my pics'."
Tweeter1: "Fool. You block Tweet skanks, you don't follow them or their links!"
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Get the Peep the Tweet mug.When a baby's teeth first appear, what is really cut is the gums as the teeth push through them. The Oxford English Dictionary gives "cut" in this sense, with "tooth" or "teeth" as the object, in quotations going back to 1677.
Babies and puppies chew on things when they are "cutting teeth." The way I've heard the expression is in reference to how one gained experience. "I 'cut my teeth on' writing funeral notices for a newspaper."
Other toothsome expressions: "to cut one's eyeteeth" or "to cut one's wisdom teeth." Mr. Funk says the first means: "To acquire wisdom; to learn the ways of the world. An eyetooth is a canine tooth, the third from the center in the upper jaw. The expression is somewhat literal, for the implication is that by the time a person has got his permanent set of canine teeth, has reached the age of twelve or fourteen, he has passed out of babyhood and has reached years of discretion. This working of the saying appears to have originated in the United States, first recorded in 1870 by the essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, though undoubtedly long in use before that date. The British version, dating to the early eighteenth century, is 'to have one's eyeteeth' or 'to have one's eyeteeth about one.' The usage differs slightly, carrying the implication of alertness against chicanery; that is, to use one's knowledge and experience in one's dealings." From "2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to a Song and Dance" by Charles Earle Funk (Galahad Book, New York, 1993). A second source says: "If wisdom does come with age, 'to cut one's wisdom teeth' is more appropriate, for these are cut at the ages of 17 to 25 and up to age 50! These molars have been known as 'dentes sapientiae,' 'teeth of wisdom,' since the time of Hippocrates." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
Babies and puppies chew on things when they are "cutting teeth." The way I've heard the expression is in reference to how one gained experience. "I 'cut my teeth on' writing funeral notices for a newspaper."
Other toothsome expressions: "to cut one's eyeteeth" or "to cut one's wisdom teeth." Mr. Funk says the first means: "To acquire wisdom; to learn the ways of the world. An eyetooth is a canine tooth, the third from the center in the upper jaw. The expression is somewhat literal, for the implication is that by the time a person has got his permanent set of canine teeth, has reached the age of twelve or fourteen, he has passed out of babyhood and has reached years of discretion. This working of the saying appears to have originated in the United States, first recorded in 1870 by the essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, though undoubtedly long in use before that date. The British version, dating to the early eighteenth century, is 'to have one's eyeteeth' or 'to have one's eyeteeth about one.' The usage differs slightly, carrying the implication of alertness against chicanery; that is, to use one's knowledge and experience in one's dealings." From "2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to a Song and Dance" by Charles Earle Funk (Galahad Book, New York, 1993). A second source says: "If wisdom does come with age, 'to cut one's wisdom teeth' is more appropriate, for these are cut at the ages of 17 to 25 and up to age 50! These molars have been known as 'dentes sapientiae,' 'teeth of wisdom,' since the time of Hippocrates." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
1) Though a fine officer in the marines, General KT first cut his teeth in leadership and character as an Eagle Scout. 2) I cut my teeth on making homemade rockets while I was a high school student in the engineering club.
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