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词组 the one that got away
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idiomthe one that got awayused in order to say that someone did not get the thing that they most wanted:Naylor's book is full of photos of old movie theaters, but he raves about the one that got away - the San Francisco Fox was demolished thirty years ago.The thieves are probably angry about the one that got away - they left a painting by Pisarro, worth more than all the others they stole.

the one who/that got away

Someone or something that one regrets having lost. You're never going to be happy in your love life if you spend the rest of your days pining over the one who got away. He still talks about that failed deal as the one that got away.

the one that got away

something desirable that has eluded capture.
This phrase comes from the angler's traditional way of relating the story of a large fish that has managed to escape after almost being caught: ‘you should have seen the one that got away’.
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