A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.
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Once-in-a-lifetime
Synonyms for "once-in-a-lifetime" (1 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 千載難逢 /千载难逢 adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
Finnish
1 entries- ainutlaatuinen adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
French
2 entries- du siècle adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
- qui ne se présente qu'une fois adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
Hebrew
1 entries- של פעם בחיים adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
Italian
1 entries- più unico che raro adj (Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime)
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About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
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He wasn't about to pass up that once-in-a-lifetime chance.
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He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
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