once-in-a-lifetime

English

Adjective

once-in-a-lifetime (not comparable)

1. Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime; extremely rare.

   Synonym: of a lifetime

   a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world

Translations

Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千載難逢 / 千载难逢 (zh) (qiānzǎinánféng)

• Finnish: ainutlaatuinen (fi)
• French: du siècle, qui ne se présente qu’une fois
• Hebrew: של פעם בחיים (shél pá'am b'khayím)
• Italian: più unico che raro

See also

• never event
• once in a blue moon