slip through your fingers phrase
if something such as a chance, opportunity, or prize slips through your fingers, you fail to get it or to take advantage of it
This prestigious award has slipped through their fingers yet again.
let something slip through your fingers:
You mustn’t let an opportunity like this slip through your fingers.
Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successfulsynonym
Main entry: slip
Useful english dictionary. 2012.