one in a million

Idioms  

1. Also,. Extraordinary, rare, as in She's the kindest soul—she's one in a million, or This ring is one in a thousand. All these terms are hyperbolic.

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Example Sentences

“Yeah. I’m aware. It was a one in a million shot. Lucky me.”

From Literature

Even so, he pegs the odds of $2-a-gallon gasoline as a national average at one in a million.

From MarketWatch

Mr. Kerrigan’s faux pas could have been worse: He could have told his daughter that she was “one in a million”—which, in this country, means there are 347 others just like her.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They are the show, Tess and Claudia," she said "They are the ultimate professionals and they are one in a million, both of them - two in a million rather - and they are diamonds."

From BBC

The U.S. average retail price for regular unleaded gasoline has “extremely low odds — perhaps one in a million — of falling below $2” a gallon this year or next, based on current developments, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

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