English-Italian translations for miss the boat

• perdere il treno
  Se l'Unione europea non intende perdere il treno, la Commissione e gli Stati membri dovranno promuovere la competitività di questo settore industriale. If the European Union does not want to miss the boat, the Commission and the Member States need to promote the competitiveness of this industry.
  Se l'Europa non vuole perdere il treno e se vogliamo giocare un ruolo di primo piano nel settore dell'informazione, bisognerà fare quello che è necessario.If Europe does not want to miss the boat and if we really want to take the lead in the information society, then we must have all hands on deck in this sector.

Definition of miss the boat

• To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action

Examples

• The price discount ended yesterday and I just missed the boat on a great deal

Related words

• miss the forest for the trees
• miss the mark
• miss the point
• miss the bus
• for one that is missing there's no spoiling a wedding
• miss each other
• thermionic emission
• thermoemission
• to the miser, everything is missing; to the poor, little; to the wise, nothing