one-upmanship
способность сохранять преимущество
Пример использования идиомы one-upmanship:
Arnold's one-upmanship and his wish to be better than his colleagues sometimes annoys me.
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Другие идиомы:
- one foot in the grave
- out of one's league
- not one iota
- on one's own
- one's feet are on the ground
- out of one's hair
- one way or another
- on the one hand
- one's days are numbered
- one for the (record) books
- one up on (someone)
- one thing leads to another
- one's frame of mind
- one sandwich short of a picnic
- one man's meat is another man's poison