"he came within a whisker of dying on the operating table" in German He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table. Er wäre um ein Haar auf dem Operationstisch gestorben. Detailed translations for "he came within a whisker of dying on the operating table" He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table. He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table. Er wäre um ein Haar auf dem Operationstisch gestorben.