My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

I recall one patient who was at that point no more than a skeleton encased in shrinking skin, unable to speak, his mouth crusted with candida that was resistant to the usual medications.

The first hearing session in Dr. al Khadar's trial was on February 20th, when he asked the judge to withdraw from the case because of a previous personal conflict that they had had, but the judge refused. The same judge, Ibrahim al Husni, previously sentenced peaceful protesters to be flogged.