a scăpa ca prin minune / ca prin urechile acului

to escape by a hair's breadth

to have a narrow escape / squeak / shave

to have / to make a hair breadth escape

to escape by the skin of one's teeth

to have a near-run escape

to have a near squeak / touch

to have a close shave of it

to miss it by a close shave

ai scăpat \a scăpa ca prin minune / ca prin urechile acului that was a near toucher for you!

that was a near thing / escape / go.