Terms for subject General containing by a hair's breadth

English	Russian
by a hair's breadth	самую малость
by within a hair's breadth of something	на волосок (от чего-либо)
by a hair's breadth of	на волоске от
he didn't depart by a hair's-breadth from his instructions	он ни на йоту не отклонялся от инструкций
miss by a hair's-breadth	чуть-чуть промахнуться
the stone missed my head by a hair's breadth	камень пролетел на волосок от моей головы
we escaped the accident by a hair's-breadth	мы буквально чудом избежали аварии