差一點兒沒做某事;險些做出某事
stop short of sth / of doing sth
to be unwilling to do sth because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it
She stopped short of calling the president a liar.她差一點兒沒說總統是騙子。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版