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Idioms beginning with "O"
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[one for the books] {n, phr.}, {informal}
Very unusual; a remarkable something.
The newspaper reporter fumed in a story that was one for the books.
Their trip through the Rocky Mountains was one for the books.
[one-horse] {adj. phr.}
Insignificant; modest; provincial.
Arnold's business is a one-horse operation; he never had a single employee.
[one man's meat is another man's poison]
What is good for one person is not necessarily good for another. — A proverb,
* /Even though Jeff likes to swim in ice cold water, his brother Tun hates it. This is understandable, however, because one's man's […]
[on end] {adj. phr.}
Seemingly endless. — Used with plural nouns of time.
Judy spent hours on end writing and rewriting her essay.
During July and August there was no rain for weeks on end.
[one-night stand] {n. phr.}
1. A single performance given by a traveling company while on a tour.
After they went bankrupt in the big cities, the traveling jazz quartet played one-night stands in the country.
2. A brief affair or sexual encounter. […]
[one of these days] or [some of these days] {adv. phr.}
Someday; sometime soon.
One of these days Herbert will be famous.
I'm going to do that sewing some of these days.
[one on the city] {n.}, {slang}
A glass of water (which is provided free of charge, as a free gift from the city).
What will you have? — Oh, just give me one on the city.
[one's money's worth] {n. phr.}
A fair return on one's money spent or invested.
I wouldn't say that the trip was a great bargain, but I feel that we got our money's worth.
[one-two] {n.}
1. A succession of two punches, the first a short left, followed by a hard right punch, usually in the jaw.
Ali gave Frazir the one-two.
2. Any quick or decisive action which takes the opposition by surprise, thereby ensuring […]