live one

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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Someone who is easilyfooled,victimized, orridiculed.2009January 7, Bill Virgin, “In 2009, it's all about green”, inSeattle Post-Intelligencer, USA, retrieved 3 Feb. 2009:There's green as in greenhorn, meaning inexperienced and gullible. Those with a pitch to sell are going to spot alive one—in this case government with dollars practically falling out of its pockets—coming from miles away.; (informal,idiomatic)Someone who iseccentric,nonconformist, or otherwisepeculiar.1997September 13, Charles Placker, “Ministry of happiness denies the crucifixion”, inThe Victoria Advocate, Texas, USA, retrieved3 February 2009, page 3D:They've got alive onein the crowd, he's scary, he looks dangerous, demon possessed, he doesn't know who he is, he speaks in strange voices.2004September 28, Polly Curtis, “HE Diary: Howells has landed”, inguardian.co.uk, retrieved 3 Feb. 2009:We've got alive one. Kim Howells burst on to the scene last week with his first foray into university politics as higher education minister. The man best known for labelling the Turner Prize "conceptual bullshit" was not sounding very on-message. In a departure from his prepared speech on the launch of an NUS information campaign for would-be students, Howells started, well, rambling.; (informal,idiomatic)A person, thing, or situation which is particularlyinteresting,noteworthy, orurgent.2007, Tom Lawrence, "Area DUI crack down reduces arrests,"Black Hills Pioneer(South Dakota, USA), 2 Jan. (retrieved 3 Feb. 2009):"We got alive onehere," he said as he speeds up in pursuit of a car.

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