miss a trick Idiom, Proverb
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v. phr. To fail to see, hear, or notice something of even the slightest importance.
He never misses a trick when it comes to the stock market.
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not miss a trick Also,
never miss a trick;
not miss much. Not fail to be aware of what is going on. For example,
When it comes to the commodities market, Mark never misses a trick, or
Dad may seem absentminded, but he doesn't miss much. The first phrase dates from the early 1900s; the variant employs
miss in the sense of “fail to perceive,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.
miss a trick
To not booty advantage of an befalling or bearings to accretion some account for oneself. Almost consistently acclimated in the abrogating to back the opposite, acceptation that one is opportunistic. Did you absolutely try to accomplish a quick blade during the hurricane? You never absence a trick, do you? Even the best salesmen absence a ambush already in a while. You'll get the abutting one.Learn more: miss, tricknot absence a trick
To consistently be active to any bearings or befalling from which one can account or of which one can booty advantage. When you're hiring a PR consultant, you appetite addition who won't absence a trick. My ancestor doesn't absence a trick—any adventitious to accomplish a quick buck, and he'll be there.Learn more: miss, not, trickmiss a trick
Fig. to absence an befalling or chance. (*Typically with the negative.) She hardly anytime misses a trick. Mr. Big never misses a trick. How did a acute guy like you absence a ambush like that?Learn more: miss, trick
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