Using a little fine detail work to finish a job."A close shave from the carpenter's chisel was needed for a perfect fit." Or getting out of a bad a situation so dangerous,a tight fit, working until the last possible second,it took only the fine hair of your skin.
It should be a close shave. Picture someone shaving their hair very close to the skin. This idiom means that you escaped something bad by a very small margin - as small as the width of a hair.
Using a little fine detail work to finish a job."A close shave from the carpenter's chisel was needed for a perfect fit." Or getting out of a bad a situation so dangerous,a tight fit, working until the last possible second,it took only the fine hair of your skin.
With Burma-Shave, you will always get a close shave. My latest brush with death was a real close shave. Some people like to have a close shave on the top of their head.
1). A close escape, or near death expierence.2). In reference to Sweeney Todd, a barber who gave his customers a 'close shave' and were then sent to Mrs.Lovett to be made into delicious meat pies.
The duration of A Close Shave is 1800.0 seconds.
A Close Shave was created on 1995-12-24.
dan haseltine of jars of clay
He has a very close shave.
The Close Shave - 1920 was released on: USA: 2 February 1920
A Close Shave - 1920 I was released on: USA: 1 December 1920
The cast of The Close Shave - 1920 includes: Ben Turpin
This means to narrowly avoid something bad, such as an accident. The image is of you shaving your face and cutting very close to the skin - almost cutting yourself.