fail to meet someone by a narrow chance
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā ob ì sh ī zh ī, which means to meet an opportunity and miss it face to face. From Zhuangzi Tianzifang.
Idiom usage
It's not the husband who fails to seize the opportunity to meet the person who can do it.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: missed antonym: opportunity
The origin of Idioms
"Chuang Tzu Tian Zi Fang" says, "I've lost my hand with you all my life, but I'm not sad about it?"
Idiom explanation
It is a metaphor for meeting an opportunity and missing it face to face.
Chinese PinYin : jiāo bì shī zhī
fail to meet someone by a narrow chance
One moment at a time, another at a time. cǐ yī shí bǐ yī shí