idiomC2toloseanopportunityto do something by beingslowtoact:(因行动慢而)错过机会,坐失良机There wereticketsavailablelastweek, but hemissedtheboatbywaitingtill today totrytobuysome.上周还有些票,但他一直等到今天才想去买,错过了机会。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesOpportunity
another/a second bite at/of the cherryidiom
be in with a shoutidiom
best betidiom
bite
break
foot
half
hay
headroom
it's now or neveridiom
last chance saloon
look in
pass
shop window
smell bloodidiom
sneak peek
the American dream
there are plenty more fish in the seaidiom
toehold
window
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idiominfmltoloseanopportunityto do something by beingslowtoact:Idecidednot to go tocollege, butwatchingall myfriendsgo off made mefeellike I'dmissedtheboat.(Definition ofmiss the boatfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/miss-the-boat##