"saisir l’occasion aux cheveux" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Français]

IPA: \sɛ.ziʁ l‿ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃ o ʃə.vø\
  1. Mettre à profit sans hésiter des circonstances favorables.
    Sense id: fr-saisir_l’occasion_aux_cheveux-fr-verb-OBtjmfom
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prendre l’occasion aux cheveux Translations: iskoristiti svakodnevnu priliku (Croate), de gelegenheid aangrijpen (Néerlandais)

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    "Composé de saisir, occasion et cheveu."
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          "ref": "Samivel, L’amateur d’abîmes, 1940, réédition Le Livre de Poche, page 38",
          "text": "De nombreuses expériences nous ont appris qu’en montagne il est bon de saisir l’occasion aux cheveux, faute de quoi les courtes vacances s’écoulent en contre-marches, et l’on rentre chez soi bredouille."
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      "word": "iskoristiti svakodnevnu priliku"
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      "word": "de gelegenheid aangrijpen"
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