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once in a lifetime
Idioms and Phrases
Extremely rare, especially as an opportunity. For example, An offer like that will come just once in a lifetime . This phrase, often used hyperbolically, was first recorded in 1854. Also see of one's life .Example Sentences
The current energy and industrial boom, according to Siemens President Joe Kaeser, “is a once-in-a-lifetime moment.”
For people who love history, this is a once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-history resource.
Not that this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle is likely to come to pass.
Investors will view the Facebook IPO as a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Charity auction site charitybuzz to host a star-studded line-up of once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from 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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