The phrase "skin of my teeth" originated in the Bible, specifically in Job 19:20, which reads in the King James Version: "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."
However, the phrase became more widely known and used after it appeared in John Milton's poem "Samson Agonistes" in 1671. In the poem, Samson says, "So study evermore / to do what may be done, / the work which is betimes begun / to stop with prudent strife, and no less / Than his who laboring the loveless / Crowns with the extreme top of Lonian feasts / Gideon, and his Chosen Bands, / Who by Ægyptian tyranny oppressed / He freed, and to the wilderness returned / the glad tidings of their peace and his, / Thereby to save himself from danger's edge, / Or skit by the skin of his teeth at least."
It is unclear which specific book or edition of "Samson Agonistes" popularized the phrase "skin of my teeth," but it has been used in literature and everyday language ever since.
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