Shave是“刮胡子”，close是“接近的”，这个短语是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: Are you OK? You’ve got some cuts on your face.

    B: Oh well, I’ve had a bit of a bad morning. I was cycling to the office and some idiot ran out in the road, right in front of me.

    A: Did you hit him?

    B: No, but it was a close shave.

    Note: “A close shave” is one of several different English sayings that refers to a situation in which an individual narrowly misses some type of mishap. Along with idiomatic expressions like “close call,” “narrow escape” or “near miss,” a “close shave” indicates just how closely the individual escapes some sort of undesirable situation. The idiom may be related to the use of a barber in the past.