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The phrase "a second bite of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of having another opportunity to try something, often referring to a chance to improve or do better.
Example: "After the first round of interviews, I was grateful for a second bite of the apple to showcase my skills."
Alternatives: "another chance at" or "a do-over for".
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"You don't get a second bite of the apple," she said.
However, I was persuaded to take a second bite of the cherry to celebrate Chocolate Week.
If Lexington rescheduled its Halloween, he figured that she would get a second bite of a candy apple.
Nor is it about subverting the will of the British people, or having a second bite of the cherry.
Lionel Tate is given a second bite of the apple, a second chance that Tiffany never received".
He has departed once before, regretted it and has been eternally grateful for a "second bite of the cherry".
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Bratza agreed with Cameron that the backlog of inadmissible cases was unacceptably high; that the court should not simply give claimants a fourth bite of the cherry; it should not act as an immigration tribunal; and it must not "substitute its own judgment for that of reasonable national processes".
However, it's an investment criteria that Highland Europe says is working, with all of its main LPs bullish enough to return for a third bite of the apple.
Here's how.
That was the last picture I took of him: a second bite at the cherry".
Jojo Moyes's 2012 success Me Before You (4) also has a film to thank for its second bite of the cherry, with the love story's sequel (8) benefiting too.
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