one-upmanship
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Пример использования идиомы one-upmanship:
Arnold's one-upmanship and his wish to be better than his colleagues sometimes annoys me.
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Другие идиомы:
- one by one
- six of one and half a dozen of the other
- one jump/step ahead of (someone or something)
- off the top of one's head
- out of one's hair
- one in a million
- on the one hand
- one's lucky number comes up
- do (someone) one better
- as busy as a one-armed paperhanger
- One person's trash is another person's treasure.
- one's frame of mind
- one's feet are on the ground
- on one's toes
- on one's high horse