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Gand Posted 13 years ago
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Made one too many...
Hi Everyone,
I found this sentence in a book, it's a conversation between 2 characters;
A: "The mountains that encircle our great lake are mazed with caves. They go deep."
B: "Has anyone made such a descent?"
A: "Indeed. But he's now dead"
B: "What happened to him?"
A: "He made one too many trips into the depths,"
So, what's "made one too many trips" means?
It's mean he have a lot of trips?
I confuse cos the word "one" and "too many" are comes together.
Thank you.
I found this sentence in a book, it's a conversation between 2 characters;
A: "The mountains that encircle our great lake are mazed with caves. They go deep."
B: "Has anyone made such a descent?"
A: "Indeed. But he's now dead"
B: "What happened to him?"
A: "He made one too many trips into the depths,"
So, what's "made one too many trips" means?
It's mean he have a lot of trips?
I confuse cos the word "one" and "too many" are comes together.
Thank you.
Top answer
"one too many" means one more than is desirable/necessary/wise/etc. g. he made ten trips successfully.
- "one too many" means one more than is desirable/necessary/wise/etc.
- g.
- he made ten trips successfully.
- On the eleventh trip he was killed.
- The eleventh trip was the "one too many".
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"one too many" means one more than is desirable/necessary/wise/etc.
E.g. he made ten trips successfully. On the eleventh trip he was killed. The eleventh trip was the "one too many".
E.g. he made ten trips successfully. On the eleventh trip he was killed. The eleventh trip was the "one too many".
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