American Idiom: to miss the boat
To miss the boat means to miss out on an opportunity to do something, often by being slow to act.
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Video Transcript
to miss the boat
The store had a clearance sale until yesterday. I missed the boat thinking that the sale ends today.
To miss the boat means to miss out on an opportunity to do something, often by being slow to act.
Here are example sentences :
Submit your job application on time, and don’t miss the boat on a job opportunity at the company.
Tickets for the concert are already sold out. We missed the boat by procrastinating
Let’s do an exercise to better remember the Idiom.
For each question, replace a word or words in a sentence with the idiom so that the meaning of the sentence is not changed. You have five seconds per question.
Question 1:
The stock market has been bullish for a long time, and I simply missed out on the opportunity.
The stock market has been bullish for a long time, and I simply missed the boat.
Question 2:
The concert is very popular. If you don’t buy the ticket now, you are going to miss out on the opportunity.
The concert is very popular. If you don’t buy the ticket now, you are going to miss the boat.
Practice makes perfect!
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