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Meaning of if there ever were one | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“The Saint, is Ignatius Loyola, the famous Captain General of the Jesuits; a man of genius, if there ever were one;—the painter, Rubens; and this undoubtedly one of the finest of that master’s inimitable works.”
“Discussing trout first, the Kern River in its higher elevations abounds in the choice golden, a trophy fish if there ever were one.”
“[…] by convincing her that his dying father, Captain Wallace Bibbs—an upright man if there ever were one!—had left you to him in his Will.”
“That he had planned on being a medical ethicist but instead had been drawn into profiling by Garrett Woods, a Machiavellian man if there ever were one.”

CEFR level

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

See also

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 if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs

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