单词 | miss fire |
释义 | miss fireSEE SYNONYMS FOR miss fire ON THESAURUS.COM Fail to achieve the anticipated result, as in Recycling cardboard seemed like a good idea but it missed fire. First recorded in 1727, this phrase originally described a firearm failing to go off and has been used figuratively since the mid-1800s. Words nearby miss firemis-sell, missel thrush, missend, missense, missense mutation, miss fire, misshape, misshapen, missile, missileer, missile gap 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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