build a better mousetrapとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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build a better mousetrap (third-person singular simple present builds a better mousetrap, present participle building a better mousetrap, simple past and past participle built a better mousetrap)

1. (idiomatic) To create a new product, method, or idea that is better than an existing version of something already common or widely used.

   Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson

   Of all the inventors to obtain patents, only a few have really built a better mousetrap.

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• build a better mousetrap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia