one-upmanship
способность сохранять преимущество
Arnold's one-upmanship and his wish to be better than his colleagues sometimes annoys me.
Другие идиомы:
- one by one
- one to a customer
- out of one's league
- on one's best behavior
- one in a million
- over one's head
- off the top of one's head
- of one mind
- as busy as a one-armed paperhanger
- take care of number one
- on the edge of one's seat
- at one with (someone)
- one-armed bandit
- odds are against one
- on one's shoulders