manquéadjective
uk/mɒŋˈkeɪ/us/mɑːŋˈkeɪ/formalan artist, poet, writer, etc. manqué
someone who has not had the opportunity to do a particular job, despite having the ability to do it
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Opportunity
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- bite
- break
- chance
- half
- it's now or never idiom
- look in
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- miss
- miss out
- op
- pass
- the run of sth idiom
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
- toehold
- too good to miss idiom
- window
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