单词 | you snooze, you lose |
释义 | > as lemmas(if or when) you snooze, you lose colloquial (originally U.S.). (if or when) you snooze, you lose and variants: failing to pay attention or to act quickly will lead to losing an advantage, benefit, or opportunity. Π 1950 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 7 June 25/5 (advt.) If you snooze you lose so buy now from us. 1975 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 43/2 I tell 'em they better take my services when they see me. When you snooze, you lose. 2002 M. Bego Bette Midler: Still Divine xx. 299 You have to be on your toes. The entire time you're doing it [sc. performing in a TV sitcom], they're rewriting and they're feeding you lines. If you snooze, you lose. When it's done, you're flying. 2022 @Tyson249365021 19 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 24 June 2022) I had a mate sitting on 700k profit and didn't sell now its worth 350k, you snooze you lose. < as lemmas |
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