once-in-a-lifetime

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once-in-a-lifetime

adjective

  1. not comparable Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime; extremely rare. a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world

    Similar: of a lifetime

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adj Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime

中文千載難逢 /千载难逢 qiānzǎinánféng
Françaisdu siècle, qui ne se présente qu'une fois
Italianopiù unico che raro
עבריתשל פעם בחיים shél pá'am b'khayím

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@misc{once_in_a_lifetime_2026,
  title = {once-in-a-lifetime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/once-in-a-lifetime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}