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词组 within an inch of your life
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Idiom
within an inch of your lifewithin an inch of (your/its) life
nearly completely.
Caroline hoped the information she had would frighten Mr. Mott within an inch of his life.

within an inch of (one's) life

Almost entirely. Our neighbor is in the hospital because a burglar beat him to within an inch of his life. The sudden blaring of the alarm scared me within an inch of my life.

within an inch of your life

almost to the point of death.
1997 Marian Keyes Rachel's Holiday He kept touching his hair, which, as well as being dyed to within an inch of its life, was blowdried, flicked and rigid with spray.
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