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in_the_loop_648 to lose something because one takes too much time to consider the situation Synonym: miss the boat

Accepted Answer

SLIP THROUGH (SOMEONE’S) FINGERS, LET (SOMEONE/SOMETHING) They had the opportunity to make a lot of money, but they didn’t act quickly enough and the chance slipped through their fingers.When Mike asked Irene to marry him, she told him she wanted time to think it over. But she waited too long and Mike married someone else. She let him slip through her fingers. The expression suggests that the thing or person one wants to keep is slippery or hard to hold on to, like water or sand. Despite the fact that one tries to grasp it, it disappears between one’s fingers.

Id	in_the_loop_648
Idiom	SLIP THROUGH (SOMEONE’S) FINGERS, LET (SOMEONE/SOMETHING)
Definition	to lose something because one takes too much time to consider the situation
Examples	They had the opportunity to make a lot of money, but they didn’t act quickly enough and the chance slipped through their fingers. When Mike asked Irene to marry him, she told him she wanted time to think it over. But she waited too long and Mike married someone else. She let him slip through her fingers.
Cross-Refs	Synonym: miss the boat
Extra Info	The expression suggests that the thing or person one wants to keep is slippery or hard to hold on to, like water or sand. Despite the fact that one tries to grasp it, it disappears between one’s fingers.

Slip Time Fingers Mike Loop Someone’s Someone/Something Lose