释义 |
another coat of paint 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!See also: another, coat, of, paintanother 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.”See also: another, coat, of, paint |