| 单词 | lose one's touch |
| 释义 | lose one's touchNo longer be able to do or handle something skillfully. For example, I used to make beautiful cakes but I seem to have lost my touch, or Dad had a real knack for letting someone down gently, but he's lost his touch. This expression alludes to the older sense of touch as a musician's skill on an instrument or an artist's skill in using a brush or chisel. [First half of 1900s] Also see lose touch. Words nearby lose one's touchlose one's marbles, lose one's mind, lose one's nerve, lose one's shirt, lose one's temper, lose one's touch, lose out, loser, lose sight of, lose sleep over, lose the thread The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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