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triple threat
noun
- an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- Football. a back who is proficient at running, passing, and punting:
The triple threat is a rare find for coaches.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of triple threat1
Idioms and Phrases
A person who is adept in three areas, as in She's a triple threat on the editorial staff鈥攕he can edit, write, and design pages . This term comes from football, where it signifies a player who is good at running, passing, and kicking. [c. 1920] Also see hat trick .Example Sentences
"ChatGPT Barbie represents a triple threat to our privacy, our culture and our planet," said Ms Neff.
There鈥檚 no one like this kewpie triple threat, and even at half-mast she was able to summon some of the old magic.
James Sweeney鈥檚 鈥淭winless鈥 is one of a number of projects 鈥 also including Katarina Zhu鈥檚 鈥淏unnylovr,鈥 Grace Glowicki鈥檚 鈥淒ead Lover,鈥 Eva Victor鈥檚 鈥淪orry, Baby鈥 and Cooper Raiff鈥檚 鈥淗al & Harper鈥 鈥 that feature writer-director-stars, a triple threat that鈥檚 been a Sundance staple going to back to Wendell B. Harris Jr.鈥檚 1990 鈥淐hameleon Street鈥 and Kevin Smith鈥檚 鈥淐lerks鈥 from 1994.
These trees are a triple threat, said Los Angeles County Arboretum arborist Frank McDonough: beautiful bloomers in late summer with clouds of frilly flowers in purples, pinks, fuchsia and white; dramatic red and gold leaves in the fall; and sculptural bark that makes the bare tree lovely in winter.
Since 2021, I have loved competing and judging on a number of Food Network shows like "Tournament of Champions," "Guy鈥檚 Grocery Games," "Bobby鈥檚 Triple Threat" and more.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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