In the days of straight razors (very sharp), men had to be careful when trying to get their beard stubble removed. If a barber was doing it and slipped, you could get a serious gash on your throat. This "peril" gave rise to the term as a way of expressing that you narrowly avoided injury.
24 December 1995
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.
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 cast of The Close Shave - 1920 includes: Ben Turpin
The Close Shave - 1920 was released on: USA: 2 February 1920
A Close Shave - 1920 I was released on: USA: 1 December 1920
That was a close shave! Let's just shave a bit off of the top for now.
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.
The Wallace and Gromit animated short A Close Shave was released the 24th of December 1995 .