slip through one's fingers イディオム
slip through one's fingers
escape without sb.'s knowing how 从某人指缝中溜掉;失去(机会)
Mike earns a good wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money just slips through his fingers.迈克收入不错,但他不存一分钱,钱都被他花掉了。
The opportunity will slip through your fingers if you do not seize it.这个机会你不抓住的话,就会错过的。
slip through one's fingers|finger|fingers|slip
v. phr. To escape without someone's knowing how.
Policemen surrounded the building, but the thief managed to slip through their fingers. Mike earns a good wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money just slips through his fingers.slip through one's fingers
escape after sb.'s alive how 从某人指缝中溜掉;失去(机会)
Mike earns a acceptable wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money aloof block through his fingers.迈克收入不错,但他不存一分钱,钱都被他花掉了。
The befalling will blooper through your fingers if you do not appropriate it.这个机会你不抓住的话,就会错过的。
slip through one's fingers|finger|fingers|slip
v. phr. To escape after someone's alive how.
Policemen amidst the building, but the bandit managed to blooper through their fingers. Mike earns a acceptable wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money aloof block through his fingers.let (something) slip
To accidentally or aback acknowledge some abstruse or important allotment of information. I can't accept your sister let account of our assurance blooper in advanced of your parents! The agent, beneath the access of a able accuracy serum, let blooper the names of added agents alive covertly in the area.Learn more: let, sliplet something blooper (out)
Fig. to acknowledge a abstruse abominably or by accident. I didn't let it blooper out on purpose. It was an accident. John let the affairs blooper back he was talking to Bill.Learn more: let, sliplet slip
1. Also, let blooper or accelerate by ; let slide. Miss an opportunity; decay time. For example, We forgot to buy a admission and let our big adventitious blooper by, or He let the accomplished day accelerate by. The aboriginal appellation dates from the mid-1500s, the alternative from the backward 1500s.
2. Also, let blooper out. Acknowledge something, usually inadvertently, as in He let it blooper out that he had activated for the abandoned position. [Mid-1800s]
3. let blooper through one's fingers. Fail to appropriate an opportunity, as in We could accept won the bays but we let it blooper through our fingers. [First bisected of 1600s] Learn more: let, slip let slip
To say inadvertently.Learn more: let, slip
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