"By an eyelash" nghĩa là gì?

The horses approach the finish line in the Sanlúcar beach races of the 2014 summer, almost at sunset. Photo courtesy Guillén Pérez.

'By an eyelash' nghĩa là chênh lệch cực ngắn, cách biệt rất nhỏ (về khoảng cách, thời gian, chiến thắng...).

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Phillips was safe at first by an eyelash and shockingly ended up scoring later in the inning (lượt chơi của một cầu thủ; lúc cờ đến tay, cơ hội đến tay, thời kỳ cầm quyền).

After some agonizing moments, it was determined through video review Johnson nipped Ciulla by an eyelash — one-hundredth of a second, to be exact. Johnson’s official time was 55.29 seconds. Ciulla’s was 55.30.

Red Sox second baseman Brandon Phillips raced to his right, scooped (vốc, hất lên) up the ball and fired to first. Donaldson raced down the first base line and beat the throw by an eyelash – a sign his calf is back 100 percent.

In a very close toss-up race that adds to the increasingly strong Democratic House performance tonight, Annapolis grad Elaine Luria has defeated freshman congressman Scott Taylor by an eyelash in the military-heavy Second District of Virginia.

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