"slip through your fingers" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 从你手中溜走

Definition

这个表达表示因为没有把握住而失去了机会、人或事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是比喻用语，常用于表达错过机会、失去重要事物的后悔或遗憾情感。不要用来形容实物真的从手里掉下去。

Examples

Don’t let your dreams slip through your fingers.

别让你的梦想**从你手中溜走**。

She watched the chance to travel slip through her fingers.

她眼睁睁看着旅行的机会**从手中溜走**。

If you wait too long, the job offer might slip through your fingers.

如果你等得太久，工作机会可能会**从你手中溜走**。

I had a great relationship, but I let it slip through my fingers.

我曾有一段很好的感情，但我让它**从我手中溜走了**。

You shouldn’t let an opportunity like this slip through your fingers.

你不应该让这样的机会**从你手中溜走**。

He realized too late that his childhood had slipped through his fingers.

他太晚才意识到自己的童年已经**从手中溜走**了。