- cut it (or things) fine
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cut it (or things) fine
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cut it/cut things fine — If you cut it/cut things fine, you leave barely enough time to do something. You re counting just an hour between the airport and the train station isn t that cutting things a bit fine? … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cut it/things fine — INFORMAL ► to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something: »It s two o clock now, so you re cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut things fine — cut it/things fine INFORMAL ► to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something: »It s two o clock now, so you re cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut things fine — cut it/things fine to only leave yourself just enough time to do something. Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it fine, isn t it? … New idioms dictionary
cut things fine — cut it/things ˈfine idiom (informal) to leave yourself just enough time to do sth • If we don t leave till after lunch we ll be cutting it very fine. Main entry: ↑fineidiom … Useful english dictionary
cut it fine — To take risks by leaving insufficient margin for error • • • Main Entry: ↑cut cut it fine To do something with little time or space to spare • • • Main Entry: ↑fine * * * cut it fine british informal phrase to … Useful english dictionary
fine — fine1 [fʌɪn] adjective 1》 of very high quality. ↘satisfactory. ↘healthy and feeling well. ↘(of the weather) bright and clear. ↘(of speech or writing) sounding impressive but ultimately insincere: fine words. ↘(of gold or… … English new terms dictionary
cut it fine — If you cut it fine, you only just manage to do something at the very last moment. Cut things fine is the same. Cut it a bit fine is a common variation … The small dictionary of idiomes
cut it fine — cut it/things fine INFORMAL ► to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something: »It s two o clock now, so you re cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut it fine — cut it/things fine to only leave yourself just enough time to do something. Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it fine, isn t it? … New idioms dictionary
