one shot in your locker

one shot in (one's) locker

old-fashioned A single, final opportunity or chance to be successful. We only have this one shot in our locker—if this doesn't cure your husband's illness, then I'm afraid we'll have to prepare for the inevitable.

one shot in your locker

If you have only one shot in your locker, you have only one thing left that you can do in order to succeed. He had just one shot left in his locker and if that failed, he would be ruined. Note: A locker is a small cupboard with a lock. In this case, it might be a cupboard containing ammunition.

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释义	one shot in your locker one shot in (one's) locker old-fashioned A single, final opportunity or chance to be successful. We only have this one shot in our locker—if this doesn't cure your husband's illness, then I'm afraid we'll have to prepare for the inevitable. See also: locker, one, shot Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. one shot in your locker If you have only one shot in your locker, you have only one thing left that you can do in order to succeed. He had just one shot left in his locker and if that failed, he would be ruined. Note: A locker is a small cupboard with a lock. In this case, it might be a cupboard containing ammunition. See also: locker, one, shot Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: fashion an old fogey/fogy rooting-tooting rootin'-tootin' hog in armor hog in armour a stuffed shirt Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?
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