I really dodged a bullet when I missed that flight, as it later crashed.

我錯過那趟航班真是躲過一劫，因為它後來墜毀了。

She thought she was going to be fired, but she dodged a bullet when the company decided to downsize a different department.

她以為自己要被解雇了，但公司決定裁減另一個部門，她真是躲過一劫。