one that got away



one that got away

Fig. the big fish that got away, especially as the subject of a fisherman's story. The one that got away is always bigger than the one that got caught.
See also: away, one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Farhana-Arabic, Bengali
Regin-Ancient Germanic
HyldaHIL-dəEnglish (Rare)
Seo-Joonsu-joonKorean
'Uriy'el-Biblical Hebrew
Ieremias-Biblical Greek