to miss the

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• Miss the Mississippi — Studio album by Crystal Gayle Released 1979 Genre …   Wikipedia

• miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• miss the boat — also[miss the bus] {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. * /Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house./ * /In college he didn t study… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• miss the boat — Ⅰ. ► miss the boat informal be too slow to take advantage of something. Main Entry: ↑miss Ⅱ. ► miss the boat see MISS(Cf. ↑miss). Main Entry: ↑boat …   English terms dictionary

• miss\ the\ boat — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… …   Словарь американских идиом

• miss\ the\ bus — • miss the boat • miss the bus v. phr. informal To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance. Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house. In college he didn t study… …   Словарь американских идиом

• miss the aim — miss the mark, not hit the target; miss the point, totally misunderstand the purpose (of something) …   English contemporary dictionary

• miss the forest for the trees — see ↑tree • • • Main Entry: ↑miss …   Useful english dictionary

• miss the boat — If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• miss the boat (or bus) — informal be too slow to take advantage of something. → miss …   English new terms dictionary

• miss the point — {v. phr.} To be unable to comprehend the essence of what was meant. * /The student didn t get a passing grade on the exam because, although he wrote three pages, he actually missed the point./ …   Dictionary of American idioms