fail to meet someone by a narrow chance

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.