单词 | miss the boat |
释义 | miss the boatSEE SYNONYMS FOR miss the boat ON THESAURUS.COM Fail to take advantage of an opportunity, as in Jean missed the boat on that club membership. This expression, which alludes to not being in time to catch a boat, has been applied more widely since the 1920s. Fail to understand something, as in I'm afraid our legislator missed the boat on that amendment to the bill. [Mid-1900s] Also see miss the point. Words nearby miss the boatmisspelling, misspend, misspent, misstate, misstep, miss the boat, miss the point, misstrike, missus, missy, mist The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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