miss fire Idioma
miss fire
miss fire Fail to achieve the anticipated result, as in
Recycling cardboard seemed like a good idea but it missed fire. First recorded in 1727, this phrase originally described a firearm failing to go off and has been used figuratively since the mid-1800s.
miss fire
1. anachronistic Of a firearm, to abort to blaze a shot. (Replaced in avant-garde English by the chat "misfire.") He had the bigger aim of the two, but his pistol absent fire, and he was dead in the duel.2. anachronistic By extension, to abort to do as accepted or intended; to not accomplish the advised or advancing result. (Replaced in avant-garde English by the chat "misfire.") It is now bright that the government's amusing abundance agreement has abundantly absence fired.Learn more: fire, missmiss fire
Fail to accomplish the advancing result, as in Recycling agenda seemed like a acceptable abstraction but it absent fire. First recorded in 1727, this byword originally declared a firearm declining to go off and has been acclimated figuratively back the mid-1800s. Learn more: fire, miss miss fire
1. To abort to discharge. Acclimated of a firearm.
2. To abort to accomplish the advancing result.Learn more: fire, miss