كيف تنطق "swing and a miss"
expression
SWING-uhn-duh-MISS
swing-uhn-ae-MISS
التعريف
Originally from baseball, this expression means trying to do something and failing. It is often used when someone makes an effort but does not succeed.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈswɪŋ/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈmɪs
الإنجليزية البريطانية
swˈɪŋ/ /ˈænd/ /æɪ/ /mˈɪs
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
SWING-uhn-duh-MISS
بريطاني
swing-uhn-ae-MISS
استمع في السياق
It was a swing and a miss on his first try at baking a cake.
Her joke was a swing and a miss; no one laughed.
I tried to fix the TV, but it was a swing and a miss.
Their marketing campaign was a total swing and a miss—it didn’t attract any new customers.