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Idioms beginning with "O"
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[once-over] {n.}, {slang}
1. A quick look; a swift examination of someone or something. — Usually used with "give" or "get".
The new boy got the once-over from the rest of the class when he came in.
* /Bob gave his paper the once-over before […]
[one]
See:
[AT ONE],
[FOR ONE],
[GO IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER],
[HANG ONE ON],
[HOLE IN ONE],
[KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE],
[NUMBER ONE],
[SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER],
[SLIP ONE OVER ON],
[TEN TO ONE],
[TWO TO ONE],
[WORDS […]
[one and the same] {adj. phr.}
The same; identical.
Erle Stanley Gardner and A.A. Fair are one and the same person.
The spider lily and the Peruvian Daffodil are one and the same.
[one damn thing after another] or [ODTAA] (pronounced owed-tay) {n. phr.}
If there is one problem, there will be more.
* /First I lost my wallet, then a kid broke the window, and, lastly, my car refused to start. It was just one damn thing after […]
[one eye on] {informal}
Watching or minding (a person or thing) while doing something else; part of your attention on. — Used after "have", "keep", or "with".
Jane had one eye on the baby as she ironed.
* /Bill kept one eye on his books and the […]
[one foot in the grave] {n. phr.}
Near to death.
The dog is fourteen years old, blind, and feeble. He has one foot in the grave.
Grandfather has never been sick a day in his life, but Mother cares for him as if he had one foot in the grave.
[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 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 […]
[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.