not miss a trick
Definition
› said about someone who never fails to notice and take advantage of a good opportunity: Jonathan doesn't miss a trick! If there's a bargain to be had at the market, he'll find it.Opportunity Freedom to act
(Definition of not miss a trick from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- break noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance would be a fine thing idiom
- have a field day idiom
- it's now or never idiom
- look-in noun
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué adjective
- platform noun (IDEAS)
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
- room for manoeuvre idiom
- scope noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- smell blood idiom
- sneak peek noun
- springboard noun (GOOD START)
- the American dream noun
- while the going is good idiom
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