“The one that got away” nghĩa là gì?

“The one who/that got away” -> nghĩa là ai/điều mình tiếc nuối hoặc yêu thương đã mãi ra đi.

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One of the final images we get from season seven of How I Met Your Mother is Ted quite literally riding off into the sunset with one of the show's best female characters, Victoria. They skip out on her wedding in favor of starting a new life together. It’s a romantic moment for the picturesque scene and because Victoria often felt like “the one who got away” for Ted.

Sitting at the peak of both the Country Aircheck/Mediabase and Billboard Country Airplay radio charts this week, the news puts Stell in good company, as he’s only the seventh new artist in the last five years to score back-to-back hits. The song itself is a propulsive heartbreak anthem with a clever lyrical twist, all about a guy who keeps on the move to avoid thinking about the one who got away, and Stell says it was a special one for him even before it became his second Number One.

Ponder the contributions of George Bailey, Syd Jackson, Ken Hunter, Jon Dorotich and Earl Spalding to name a few, and it’s clear that Carlton has fared spectacularly well in its recruitment of players from across the Nullarbor. But Blues fans old enough to remember might want to look away now, as the following is a story about the one who got away . . . none other than BarryCable, later the North Melbourne dual Premiership player and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee (người được tuyển vào quân đội).

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