miss a trickとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From card games, where trick means “a sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined”.

動詞

miss a trick (三人称単数 現在形 misses a trick, 現在分詞 missing a trick, 過去形および過去分詞形 missed a trick)

1. To allow an advantageous opportunity to pass by.

   John managed to make a profit on that old car you sold him. He never misses a trick, does he?

   • 2005, A. Furnham, The People Business: Psychological Reflections on Management

     Select someone who abuses children; select someone who fails to detect bombs; select someone who is an impostor; select someone who sabotages a plant; select someone who embezzles the company ... and you could be sued by the victims of the misdemeanor. You missed a trick and placed people in danger.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used in negative constructions.

参照

• “not miss a trick”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.