be one/another of life's great mysteries
Definition
› to be something that is very difficult to understand: It really is one of life's greatest mysteries why that awful restaurant is busy every night.Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition of be one/another of life's great mysteries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be on your uppers idiom
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be one in a million idiom
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be one in the eye for sb idiom
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be one of a kind idiom
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be one thing after another idiom
- be one/another of life's great mysteries idiom
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be out for the count idiom
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be out for/after sb's scalp idiom
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be out in left field idiom
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be out of line with sth idiom
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be out of sorts idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- at sixes and sevens idiom
- disorganized adjective
- disoriented adjective
- distraction noun
- dither noun
- enigma noun
- mysterious adjective
- mystification noun
- mystique noun
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- tangle noun
- topsy-turvy adjective, adverb
- turmoil noun
- unaccountable adjective (SURPRISING)
- unexplained adjective
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