"Slip through fingers" nghĩa là gì?

"Slip through (one's) fingers" = tuột khỏi tay -> nghĩa là trốn thoát/tránh được.

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This is even stranger than Bungie, considering their asking price can’t have been anywhere near as much. The best Xbox One exclusives this generation, strangely, has been Ori And The Blind Forest and its sequel (ảnh hưởng, đoạn tiếp) and yet apparently Moon are moving on from the series and there’s no plans for a third one. How did Microsoft let that one slip through their fingers, considering some of the no-name developers they did buy?

One marriage, two loves, three troubles, nine lives Leyla…Adem (Haluk Bilginer), decided to end his 20 years marriage with Leyla (Demet Akbag) for his gorgeous mistress (cô tình nhân xinh đẹp) Nergis (Elcin Sangu). But it seems that it is nearly impossible to get rid of Leyla naturally. And if he doesn’t find a solution, his forbidden lover Nergis will slip through his fingers very soon. Beside his love life, Adem has to deal with Mr. Mahdum (Firat Tanis) who is after Adam’s antique handwritten manuscript and his jealous lawyer Greed (Alican Yucesoy). Leyla Everlasting will be available on December 4, 2020 only on Netflix. Keyart available here.

On top of his control over the gamma-empowered bodies of Rick Jones and Del Frye, the Leader has even managed to get a foothold within the mind of the Hulk himself, taking the form of the World-Breaker Hulk and easily beating down the other personas within Banner's mind. Gloating over the captured personas within Banner's mindscape, the Leader seems poised for a victory -- only for triumph (sự chiến thắng, tối cao) to slip through his fingers.

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