| 词组 | miss the boat/bus, to |
| 释义 | miss the boat1. To lose the chance or opportunity to do something. If you don't call the recruiter back right away, you're going to miss the boat. 2. To make a mistake, often due to misunderstanding something. Boy, he really missed the boat with that tone-deaf statement. miss the boat1. Lit. to miss out (on something); to be ignorant (of something). Pay attention, John, or you'll miss the boat and not learn algebra. Tom really missed the boat when it came to making friends. 2. Fig. to have made an error; to be wrong. If you think you can do that, you have just missed the boat. The guy's missed the boat. He's a lunkhead. miss the boat1. Fail to take advantage of an opportunity, as in Jean missed the boat on that club membership. This expression, which alludes to not being in time to catch a boat, has been applied more widely since the 1920s. 2. Fail to understand something, as in I'm afraid our legislator missed the boat on that amendment to the bill. [Mid-1900s] Also see miss the point. miss the boatCOMMON If you miss the boat, you fail to act in time to take advantage of an opportunity. The price of gold rose so quickly that many investors simply missed the boat. When I was still unmarried at 30, my mother and grandmother both worried that I'd missed the boat. Note: You can put an adjective before boat to say what kind of opportunity is being missed. Those who bought in May missed the investment boat. Note: People sometimes say miss the bus with the same meaning. Orders received by December 10 will be sent in time for Christmas. Too bad if you missed the bus. miss the boat (or bus)be too slow to take advantage of an opportunity. informal 1987 Kathy Lette Girls' Night Out He'll never get divorced and marry her. She'll miss the boat. ˌmiss the ˈboat(informal) lose the opportunity to do or get something because you do not act quickly enough: I’m afraid we’ve missed the boat — all the tickets for Saturday’s performance have been sold.miss the boat tv. to have made an error; to be wrong. If you think you can do that, you have just missed the boat. miss the boatInformal1. To fail to avail oneself of an opportunity. 2. To fail to understand. miss the boat/bus, toTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to arrive too late to profit. The analogy to missing a scheduled transport is fairly obvious and has been drawn since about 1900. One of its more curious uses was in a speech by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain commenting (April 4, 1940) on Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Norway, “Hitler has missed the bus.” This was odd in view of Chamberlain’s own temporizing and attempts at pacification, which gave Hitler more time to embark unimpeded on his conquest of Europe. |
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