The team was able to snatch victory from 'the jaws of defeat' [=the team won] by scoring in the final seconds of the game.
He barely escaped from 'the jaws of death'. [=he barely escaped death]
The crocodile tried to grab him in its 'jaws'. [='mouth']
(..) .. ...at tonight. .. You, sir, are a pip. .. I'd foIIow you into the jaws of Cerberus hisseIf. .. And so you shaII. .. PIease! Somebody heIp me out! .. (..)1999 Wild Wild West