colossal mistake
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolossalandmistake
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withmistake.
colossal
adjective
uk/kəˈlɒs.əl/us/kəˈlɑː.səl/
extremely ...
See more atcolossal
mistake
noun[C]
uk/mɪˈsteɪk/us/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
See more atmistake
(Definition ofcolossalandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcolossal mistake
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
That emphasises my point that they made acolossalmistake.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Does he not see it as acolossalmistake?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why was it acolossalmistake, and could that have been anticipated at the time?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
How otherwise could they have made such acolossalmistakeas to think that they were interpreting the wishes of the country between the years 1929 and 1931?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To go on as we have been going on, spending a few inadequate millions on a route here and closing a railway there, would be acolossalmistake.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is acolossalmistake.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We cannot do any of that if we make thecolossalmistakeof rushing to war, because that will destroy thousands of civilian lives—those of children, women and men.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If he has made mistakes in these two important questions, may we not conclude that he may be making acolossalmistakein regard to these training centres?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The robbery attempts would be acolossalmistake.
From
Wikipedia
If they make colossal mistakes, they are apt to lose their jobs.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcolossal
Go to the definition ofmistake
See other collocations withmistake