成語典故
【出處】： 《莊子·田子方》：“吾終身與汝交一臂而失之，可不哀與？”
【舉例造句】： 用人者不務取其大而專取小知，則卓犖俊偉之材失之交臂矣。 ★清·魏源《默觚下治篇一》
詞語辨析
【拼音代碼】： szjb
【近義詞】：坐失良機、失諸交臂
【反義詞】：機不可失
【燈謎】： 文
【用法】： 作謂語、定語；形容當面錯過機會
【英文】： just miss the person or opportunity
英文解釋
簡明釋義
just miss the person or opportunity；fail to meet sb. by a narrow chance；have missed sth. very desirable；lose an opportunity close at hand；
例句
她與奧斯卡獎失之交臂。
She narrowly missed winning an oscar.
若悲傷感懷，你會與他們失之交臂。
Be sad, and you lose them all.
機會難得，不可失之交臂。
Opportunity is rare, don't let it go when it comes.
這個詞叫我與成功失之交臂。
This one word separates me from my success.
你和他們失之交臂--他們剛剛離開。
You've missed them-they only left a moment ago.
在比賽的最後關頭他與金牌失之交臂。
The gold medal slipped from his grasp in the last momerits of the race.
我們本來也可能像一閃而過的兩粒宇宙塵埃一樣失之交臂。
We could have flashed by one another like two pieces of cosmic dust.
時間、地點、天氣錯過了一點都會彼此失之交臂。
Time, location, weather missed a little all would each other loses it to hand over arm.
不然，一大筆幸福就會在此刻與你失之交臂。
Otherwise you might miss a great deal of happiness that is available to you right now.
疾病、傷痛、愛情、與成功失之交臂，以及徹徹底底的糊塗犯錯，這些都是你對精神極限的考驗。
Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatnes and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.
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