/Sounds like 'pan-SA-so'/
In Mexico, barely scraping by with the minimum required — passing something by the thinnest possible margin. It also refers to belly-flopping onto water or the ground with full surface impact.
Example
"I passed the exam by the skin of my teeth, just the bare minimum."
"He belly-flopped into the pool and splashed everyone around him."
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/Sounds like 'pan-SA-so'/
In Mexico, barely scraping by with the minimum required — passing something by the thinnest possible margin. It also refers to belly-flopping onto water or the ground with full surface impact.
Example
"I passed the exam by the skin of my teeth, just the bare minimum."
"He belly-flopped into the pool and splashed everyone around him."
Word family
Regional synonyms: