narrow escape

• Ситуация, в которой кто-то едва избегает опасности, травмы или неприятного исхода.

A situation in which someone only just avoids danger, injury, or an unpleasant outcome.

1. Close callB2informal

   A situation where someone barely avoids danger, injury, or an unpleasant outcome.

   Чудом избежать

   • He had a narrow escape when the car skidded off the road.
   • The hikers had a narrow escape from the avalanche.
   • It was a narrow escape; the train left just as she arrived.