on a wing and a prayer
whistle past the graveyard
near thing
Dunkirk
sinking ship
lash oneself to the mast
visitation
near miss
important
calamity
crucial
death grip
DART
brinkmanship
disasterless
Micawberly
batten down
fuckfest
misbode
do-or-die
last-ditch
catastrophe
apocalyptically
dicey
crisisless
noncrisis
postdisaster
hack it
disastrous
rescue mission
rescue
multicrisis
weather the storm
on the ropes
Cassandraic
ash
pull out of the fire
anticrisis
dead duck
take something in stride
dispose of
pave the road to hell
dire
premonitory
wing and prayer
desperate
head
rearguard action
precursory
clusterbùrach
emergency
blessing in disguise
preparedness
Hiroshima
go through fire and water
pinch
exigency
sheet anchor
take courage
run a risk
doomlike
at worst
make-do
take chances
adventure
risk
red alert
acritical
chance
no-win
makeshift
pessimistic
gamble
take a chance
hazard
boned
plightless
stopgap
postcrisis
unbloody
nonviolent
disimprovement
God works in mysterious ways
in a pinch
crapehanger
enharden
at a pinch
worst-case scenario
ride out
the British are coming
rebound
Afro-pessimism
kick someone when they are down
hair trigger
swivel hoe
action hoe