Meaning of live one | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.
   idiomatic, informal
2. Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.
   idiomatic, informal
3. A person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.
   idiomatic, informal

Examples

“There's green as in greenhorn, meaning inexperienced and gullible. Those with a pitch to sell⟳ are going to spot a live⟳ one—in this case government with dollars practically falling out of its pockets—coming from miles away.”

“They've got a live⟳ one in the crowd, he's scary, he looks dangerous, demon possessed, he doesn't know⟳ who he is, he speaks in strange voices.”

“We've got a live⟳ one. Kim Howells burst⟳ on to the scene last⟳ week with his first foray into university politics as higher education minister. The man best known for labelling the Turner Prize "conceptual bullshit" was not sounding very on-message. In a departure from his prepared speech on the launch⟳ of an NUS information campaign for would-be students, Howells started, well, rambling.”

“"We got a live⟳ one here," he said as he speeds up in pursuit of a car.”

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