by the thousand
by the thousand
In huge quantities, presumably numbering several thousand. When the potato famine hit Ireland, the Irish began emigrating by the thousand.
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- by the skin of one's teeth
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- by the skin of one’s teeth
- by the skin of our teeth
- by the skin of teeth
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