idiom > jaws of death as the tiger's mouth flee for one's life
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Have a close shave of it
  Explanation: Tiger mouth life surviving. Analogy lucky to escape alive a very dangerous situation.
  Usage: The main predicate; as the predicate attribute, object; analogy to escape from danger
  Source: Yuan Anonymous "Cinnabar bear in mind dripping float ret" First off: "I am now at the close shave, worry no longer steaming corpuscles."
  Examples: I am now in the ~, worry no longer steaming corpuscles. (Yuan Anonymous "Cinnabar bear" the first break)
Thesaurus
land land feet, Shipwreck Cheng Xiang, survive a disaster, survival, life after surviving a disaster, a narrow escape from death, struggle in a desperate situation for survival, Ten dead age
Antonym Group
Cry piteously for food, No food no clothes, Dry dry mistake, Dry mistake, Frog fish, dry, Dry mistake carp, Dried carp, Dry scales