دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی slip through fingers )

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English Dictionary

slip through sb's fingers
If you allow an opportunity or a person to slip through your fingers, you lose it or them through lack of care or effort:

You're surely not going to let a job/man like that slip through your fingers!

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Idioms

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slip through fingers
slip through (your) fingers
1.
if something you hope to achieve slips through your fingers, you do not manage to achieve it.

He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

This is my big chance to make a career in journalism. I can't let it slip through my fingers.

2.
if someone slips through your fingers they manage to escape from you.

We've got men guarding all the exits and more men on the roof. He won't slip through our fingers this time.

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slip through fingers
to get away from someone, to lose track of someone or something

The job opportunity slipped through my fingers which was very disappointing.

My friend had a very good opportunity but it slipped through his fingers because of his lack of action.

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slip through someone's fingers
to get away from someone, to lose track of someone or something

The job opportunity slipped through my fingers which was very disappointing.

My friend had a very good opportunity but it slipped through his fingers because of his lack of action.

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slip through one's fingers
v. phr. To escape without someone's knowing how.
Policemen surrounded the building, but the thief managed to slip through their fingers.
Mike earns a good wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money just slips through his fingers.

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