mieux vaut tard que jamais

on the never never Idiome

better late than never

it is better to arrive late than not to arrive """You're an hour late,"" he said. ""Better late than never,"" I replied."

it is better to have loved and lost than never to

you are a better person if you have loved someone - even for a short time Old and alone, the woman often thought of a saying: It is better to have loved and lost... .

it never fails

it always happens, time and again It never fails - when I get in the shower, the phone rings.

it's now or never

do it now or not at all, he who hesitates is lost If we're going to have a family, it's now or never. We can't wait.

never mind

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never say die

never quit, never give up Set your goals and try to achieve them. Work hard. Never say die.

now or never

(See it's now or never)

never in one's life

Idiom(s): never in one's life

Theme: LIFE

not in one's experience.
• Never in my life have I been so insulted!
• He said that never in his life had he seen such an ugly painting.

never fear

Idiom(s): never fear

Theme: COURAGE

do not worry; have confidence.
• I'll be there on time—never fear.
• I'll help you, never fear.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Idiom(s): Lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)

Theme: CHANCE

a saying meaning that it is extremely unlikely that the same misfortune will occur again in the same set of circumstances or to the same people.
• Ever since the fire, Jean has been afraid that her house will catch fire again, but they say that lightning never strikes twice.
• Supposedly lightning never strikes twice, but the Smiths' house has been robbed twice this year.

on the never-never

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(British English, informal) on appoint acquirement (= by authoritative payments over a continued aeon of time): He bought a new car on the never-never.Learn more: on

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like an open book like a three-ring circus like a sitting duck like a house on fire like a fish out of water like a bump on a log like a bolt out of the blue Lightning never strikes twice in the same place light into light as a feather lift a hand against lie through one's teeth on the latch on the leading edge on the level on the level, to be on the line on the lines of (something) on the long finger on the lookout on the loose on the low on the make on the make, to be on the march on the margins of (something) on the mark on the market on the mat on the mend on the merits on the mojo on the money on the move on the nail on the natch on the needle on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the off chance (that) (something happens) on the off chance of (something) on the off-chance on the one hand on the open market on the order of on the other hand on the outs on the outs (with one) on the outs with someone on the outside on the outside chance on the outside looking in on the outside, looking in on the pad on the panel on the part of on the part of (someone) on the phone on the pig's back on the pill on the plus side