if there ever was one

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“He got so fiendy finally that Mrs. Ford—she’s a dear if there ever was one—went up and put ⟳ her arms around his neck, so as to stop ⟳ him by a kiss.”

“Besides coming in several hippie-ish colors (i.e. not black) and being almost impossible to cradle under your chin (a harbinger of the cellular miniphone if there ever was one), the single most telling characteristic of the Ericaphone was that it did not ring ⟳.”

“That's how ugly she was—ugly by virtue of the fact that she was unmemorable, a slab of alabaster awaiting a sculptor who never arrived, a "nothing burger" if there ever was one.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

if there ever were one if there's grass on the field, play ball if there's grass on the pitch, play ball if there's grass on the wicket, let's play cricket if these walls could talk if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs

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