英汉词典  旅游景点  旅游指南  美食特产购物  历史文化

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 the one that got away
释义
idiomthe one that got awayused in order to say that someone did not get the thing that they most wanted:Naylor's book is full of photos of old movie theaters, but he raves about the one that got away - the San Francisco Fox was demolished thirty years ago.The thieves are probably angry about the one that got away - they left a painting by Pisarro, worth more than all the others they stole.

the one who/that got away

Someone or something that one regrets having lost. You're never going to be happy in your love life if you spend the rest of your days pining over the one who got away. He still talks about that failed deal as the one that got away.

the one that got away

something desirable that has eluded capture.
This phrase comes from the angler's traditional way of relating the story of a large fish that has managed to escape after almost being caught: ‘you should have seen the one that got away’.
随便看

 

青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Qntrip.com All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/12/22 15:47:31