Someone I knew but let slip through while dreaming of you.

是我认识的某个人，却在梦中擦肩而过。

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Don't let the chance to work abroad slip through your fingers.

这个出国工作的机会你可不要错过。

《牛津词典》

We have to be prepared all the time so that we won't let chances slip through our fingers.

我们必须随时做好准备，这样我们就不会错过任何机会。

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At Rome's Stadio Flaminio, it looked like England were going to let victory slip through their fingers for a second successive game.

BBC: Stevens backs England to triumph

Do not let it slip through your fingers.

WHITEHOUSE: Middle East Peace Talks

If you are worn down by the cold enthusiasm of professional sports, the joyless grind through the schedule and the perfunctory fist-bumps of millionaires, here is a team unafraid to let their personalities slip through, and let a game feel like a game.

WSJ: 2012 London Olympics: U.S. Women's Soccer Team: A New World Order at Old Trafford - Jason Gay