The phrase "avoid a bullet" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to indicate escaping a difficult or dangerous situation.
Example: "By choosing to take a different route home, I managed to avoid a bullet and missed the traffic jam."
Alternatives: "dodge a bullet" or "escape a close call".
I can only guess that Mr Moore's solution is to give all youngsters access to guns, so that they can pull out their piece whenever they feel threatened or their "dignity" is offended.I have not discovered a way to avoid a bullet shot from yards away, but my chances of being in such a situation are pretty remote, as British civilians do not have much access to firearms.
Becca Badget of Yahoo! wrote: "Kevin keeps to himself that he married Angelina to avoid a bullet from Angelo's henchman.
But she still moves in the way you might move if you were trying to avoid a bullet.
Nearly a year after having reconstructive elbow surgery, he threw fastballs, some clocked at 99 miles per hour, changeups and curveballs Monday that tricked some hitters into leaping back from the plate with haste, as if trying to avoid a flying bullet.
Also try this approach to avoid a "laundry list" effect if you want paragraphs rather than bullet points.
In 2012 he narrowly avoided an assassination attempt when a bullet allegedly whizzed past his head as he bent down to smell a rose in his garden.
Look out for this sign to avoid wasting bullets on a dead Flesh lip.
The streets in Abidjan were empty, widespread looting was reported, and residents stayed home, often lying on the floor to avoid stray bullets, which killed a Swedish employee of the United Nations on Thursday.
The writers were trying to figure out a way to have Bart kill the bird without actually wanting to kill it, and decided to give the gun a crooked sight that Bart would be unaware of, so that when Bart intentionally takes a shot at the right of the bird to avoid it, the bullet would still hit the bird.
Mr Alexander, 36, a veteran of band tours, was killed as he lay on the floor trying to avoid the bullets of the gunmen who stormed the venue, according to a friend.
So the Obama administration and Congress were smart to avoid the magic bullet trap: the wishful idea that one sweeping solution, like breaking up the banks, could prevent the next crisis.
