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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football | | Thai term or phrase: แพ้ลูกเดียว | | Besides the meaning "lose by one", does this have another more idiomatic meaning. For example in อย่าเป็นเลยศูนย์หน้า วิ่งไม่ทันเขา แพ้ลูกเดียว perhaps "you're already one behind" OR "you've lost before you've started"? |
| | | no chance of wining | Explanation:
this expression is used in competition when a performance is lower than another competitor or unsatisfactory. |
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Prapatsorn Richardson
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Explanation:
this expression is used in competition when a performance is lower than another competitor or unsatisfactory.
Example sentence(s):- ทีมเขาเก่งกว่าทีมเรามาก เราคงแพ้ลูกเดียว
- เล่นแบบนี้ก็แพ้ลูกเดียว
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| Sep 22, 2010 - Changes made by Peter Ross: | | Edited KOG entry | Peter Ross's old entry - "แพ้ลูกเดียว" => "haven\'t got a hope" |
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