| 单词 | of a lifetime | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasof a lifetime  P1.    of a lifetime: (as postmodifier) implying (often hyperbolically) that an event, situation, or thing will never be equalled or repeated. Frequently in  the chance of a lifetime. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly			[phrase]		 > incomparable or unique without compare1621 of a lifetime1846 sans-pareil1962 1846    S. Ellis Temper & Temperament II. vi. 11  				He pitied her from his heart, to think she should be so blind to her own interest as to throw away the one chance of a lifetime—and for what? 1899    A. Conan Doyle Confessions in  Duet 133  				There are all..degrees of love, some just the whim of a moment, and others the passion of a lifetime. 1929    P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking ix. 314  				It must be a cocktail. The cocktail of a lifetime. 1930    K. S. Prichard Haxby's Circus iii. 41  				She's the chance of a life-time... The biggest bloomin' monty ever started on a racecourse. 1943    K. Tynan Let. 10 Oct. 		(1994)	 i. 11  				Tonight I met the Girl of a Lifetime. 1954    W. S. Burroughs Let. Oct. 		(1993)	 234  				So I was cheated out of the fix of a lifetime. 1979    P. O'Connor Into Strong City xvii. 64  				I was having the ride of a lifetime, frantically bumping it into a capacious Rubens blonde. 2000    J. Harvey Gimme Gimme Gimme 		(2002)	 102/1  				Watch this, watch this. I'm going to give the performance of a life time, watch. < as lemmas  | 
	
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