Travel

the trip of a lifetime

an exceptionally memorable trip

The trip of a lifetime is a journey that is so special and memorable that you may experience one like it only once.

B2 common speech & writing

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How was your holiday in Iceland?

Amazing - honestly, it was the trip of a lifetime.

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Our train journey across the mountains was the trip of a lifetime.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: the trip in a lifetime

Say: the trip of a lifetime

The fixed expression uses “of,” not “in,” before “a lifetime.”

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How it fits in a sentence.

the trip of a lifetime; have the trip of a lifetime

Your turn: say it out loud

Our train journey across the mountains was the trip of a lifetime.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

the trip of a lifetime

an exceptionally memorable trip

“Our train journey across the mountains was the trip of a lifetime.”

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