Just by the nick of the hair

Posted: February 3, 2021 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Heard this one today on The Price is Right. A contestant said this after spinning the big wheel with the arrow barely landing on the right amount. This is a congruent conflation of “just in the nick of time” and “by a hair”, both describing an extremely slim or short margin. A big thanks to Elaine Hatfield for hearing this one and yelling it to me upstairs.

By the nick of their teeth

Posted: February 17, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

This is a nice congruent conflation of “in the nick of time” and “by the skin of their teeth” (just barely).  “Skin” and “nick” are both four letter words with a “k” and an “n”.  Kudos to Curioussteph for uttering this one unintentionally and sending it in.