one that got away
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John said that he had caught a lot of fish, but the biggest one was the one that got away.
Другие идиомы:
- on one's coat-tails
- one-upmanship
- off one's rocker
- million and one
- as busy as a one-armed paperhanger
- on one's honor
- one thing leads to another
- one's days are numbered
- at one with (someone)
- one jump/step ahead of (someone or something)
- one and only
- have one too many
- all rolled up in one
- one (for someone)
- out of one's league