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Question
what is the source of the allusion in the sentence below?
pablo got off the mountain by the skin of his teeth.
u.s. history
a movie
the bible
Brief Explanations
The phrase "by the skin of his teeth" is an allusion from the Bible (specifically from the Book of Job). U.S. history and a movie are not the source of this phrase, while the Bible contains this idiomatic expression's origin.
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