- miss the boat/bus
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The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
miss the boat/bus
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miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… … Dictionary of American idioms
miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… … Dictionary of American idioms
miss\ the\ boat — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… … Словарь американских идиом
miss the boat (or bus) — informal be too slow to take advantage of something. → miss … English new terms dictionary
miss the boat — phrasal : to blunder badly by failing to grasp an opportunity in time or by making a false judgment waiting until after the candidates are nominated is waiting until you have missed the boat Marguerite J. Fisher & D.G.Bishop * * * miss the boat… … Useful english dictionary
miss\ the\ bus — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… … Словарь американских идиом
miss — 1 /mIs/ verb NOT DO STH/FAIL TO DO STH 1 (T) to not go somewhere or do something, especially when you want to but cannot: I m really hungry. I missed breakfast. | Donna had to miss a week of school because of chickenpox. 2 NOT HIT/GET HOLD OF (I … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
boat — noun (C) 1 a vehicle that travels across water: a fishing boat | a rowing boat | by boat/in a boat: We went up the river by boat. 2 informal a ship, especially one that carries passengers: We re getting the night boat to Zeebrugge. 3 be in the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
miss — miss1 W2S1 [mıs] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not do something/fail to do something)¦ 2¦(not hit/catch)¦ 3¦(feel sad about somebody)¦ 4¦(feel sad about something)¦ 5¦(too late)¦ 6 miss a chance/opportunity 7¦(not see/hear)¦ 8 miss the point 9 something is not to … Dictionary of contemporary English
miss — I [[t]mɪ̱s[/t]] USED AS A TITLE OR A FORM OF ADDRESS ♦ Miss Misses (Please look at category 5 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N TITLE You use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman … English dictionary
Miss — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 tr. fail to catch (a bus, train, etc.). 3 tr. fail to experience, see, or attend (an occurrence or event). 4 tr. fail to meet (a person); fail to keep… … Useful english dictionary
