词组 | another coat of paint |
释义 | another coat of paintAn extremely slim or narrow margin. I managed to avoid the swerving car, but another coat of paint, and it would have hit me! another coat of paintThe narrowest of margins. The phrase was used in such instances as a ballplayer's commenting that “that pitch came awfully close,” to which the batter replied, “Yeah, another coat of paint, and I'd have been a goner.” |
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