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to slip through sb's fingers

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  • slip through one's fingers — If something slips through one’s fingers it escapes or is lost through carelessness …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • let something slip through one's fingers — (or grasp) lose hold or possession of something …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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… …   New idioms dictionary

  • slip through your fingers — phrase if something such as a chance, opportunity, or prize slips through your fingers, you fail to get it or to take advantage of it This prestigious award has slipped through their fingers yet again. let something slip through your fingers: You …   Useful english dictionary

  • slip through your fingers — if something such as a chance, opportunity, or prize slips through your fingers, you fail to get it or to take advantage of it This prestigious award has slipped through their fingers yet again. let something slip through your fingers: You mustn… …   English dictionary

  • let (something) slip through (your) fingers — 1. to waste an opportunity to achieve something. This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can t let it slip through my fingers. Usage notes: sometimes used without let: He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers …   New idioms dictionary

  • let slip through fingers —    If you let something slip through your fingers, such as a good opportunity, you fail to obtain it or keep it.     He should have accepted the job when it was offered. He let the opportunity slip through his fingers …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • let (someone) slip through (your) fingers — to allow someone to escape from you. The police let the main suspect slip through their fingers …   New idioms dictionary

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