Definition von one%27s im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- on one hand
- Alternative form of on the one hand
- on one's deathbed
- Close to death
- on one's feet
- Being stable or capable, especially in a financial or emotional sense
It took some time for the lady to get back on her feet after the death of her husband.
- on one's feet
- Being standing up
- on one's feet
- Being well again after a bout of illness
Welcome back! It's good to see you back on your feet.
- on one's hands
- Being one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered
It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others.
- on one's head
- Assumed or borne, as a responsibility or something blameworthy
CLEOPATRA (vehemently): He has shed the blood of my servant Ftatateeta. On your head be it as upon his, Caesar, if you hold him free of it.
- on one's head
- Assigned by government authorities as a bounty or penalty
There was a Rs 2.5 million reward on his head.
- on one's high horse
- Self-righteous; proceeding on the belief one is more correct or proper than others
When she gets on her high horse there is not much to do but go along with it or wait for it to pass.
- on one's knees
- At the mercy of someone
- on one's mark
- The given time to open fire
- on one's mind
- In one's thoughts, especially persistently or recurrently
- on one's mind
- Causing worry or preoccupation
- on one's own
- Alone; by oneself; without the companionship or assistance of others
A seven-year-old can get dressed on his own, but it might take a long time.
- on one's tod
- on one's own, alone
- on one's toes
- attentive, active, busy or alert
I keep my students on their toes with pop quizzes.
- on one's watch
- During the period of time when one is in a position of authority or responsibility
Woods dismissed the idea that anyone could get away with election fraud on her watch.
- on one's way
- In the direct route that one intends to travel
I can drop you at the station, as it is on my way home.
- on one's way
- Leaving; going about one's business/
If we're done, I'll be on my way.
- on the edge of one's seat
- In suspense; waiting eagerly or anxiously for some resolution
The movie had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning.
- on the one hand
- From one point of view
On the one hand, it was quite a good bargain, but, on the other hand, do we really need one?.
- on the tip of one's tongue
- known but not quite remembered
Her name is on the tip of my tongue; it could be Kathy or Karen or something.
- one
- Being a preeminent example
He is one hell of a guy.
- one
- The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one
- one
- The same
The two types look very different, but are one species.
- one
- Being an unknown person with the specified name
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
- one
- In agreement
We are one on the importance of learning.
- one
- any person (applying to people in general)
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get.
- one
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any
My aunt used to say, One day is just like the other..
- one
- The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring
- one
- one thing (among a group of others); one member of a group
I want the green one.
- one
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single
- one
- Of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
- one
- Sole, only
He is the one man who can help you.
- one
- A numerical value equal to 1; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. Ordinal: first
One person, one vote.
- one
- Whole, entire
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
- one
- Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating n00bs who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!.
- one
- A one-dollar bill
- one
- The digit or figure 1
- one L
- Of or pertaining to the first year of law school
I've heard that one L courses are the hardest courses you'll take in law school.
- one L
- A law student in his or her first year of law school
- one after the other
- one by one (of a person or thing)
- one and all
- each one
- one and all
- all, everyone
- one and one's
- An expression of exasperation or frustration
Those kids and their damn sling shots,” he seethed. “How could anyone kill a beautiful bird like this?”.
- one and the same
- The same person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things
It's almost like there's one electron in two places at one and the same time.
- one another
- Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other
Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.
- one at a time
- Individually, as opposed to collectively; slowly or methodically, figuratively
One at a time, please! I can't hear you if you all talk at once.
- one brick short of a full load
- not mentally sound; insane
I feel fine today, but that gentleman conversing with the house plant there may be one brick short of a full load.
- one brick short of a full load
- stupid
You have to be one brick short of a full load to think that '7' is a letter in the alphabet.
- one by one
- Individually in succession; one at a time
The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.
- one can run but one can't hide
- There is nothing someone can do to evade something
You can run but you can't hide.
- one can't hold two watermelons in one hand
- do not attempt to take on more than you can handle
- one card shy of a full deck
- mentally deranged; demented; insane
That guy might be one card shy of a full deck — he thinks that substitute sugar is really a government tracking system.
- one could be someone's parent
- Said to emphasize age disparity of a couple, usually to express disapproval and imply the possibility of choosing a partner with closer age
- one country, two systems
- Slogan for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems
- one day
- At some unspecified time in the past
One day I was playing with a girl from my class.
- one day
- At some unspecified time in the future
One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet.
- one drop
- A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat
- one eighty out
- in American military for incorrect or false
I read you loud and clear but it's still 180-out.
- one fat lady
- eight
- one fell swoop
- One stroke; one action or event with many results
they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.
- one finger salute
- To give a one-finger salute: to make an obscene gesture by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist
I've one finger saluted life before.
- one finger salute
- Alternative spelling of one-finger salute
- one foot
- A trick with one foot free from the bindings, instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime
Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.
- one foots
- plural form of one foot
- one for all, all for one
- Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual
- one good turn deserves another
- One act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness
- one hit wonder
- Alternative spelling of one-hit wonder
- one hundred and one
- One hundred plus one
- one hundred and one
- The figure 101
- one hundred million
- The number 100,000,000
- one hundred one
- The cardinal number one hundred plus one
- one hundred percent
- totally, completely
This drink is 100% organic.
- one hundred percent
- complete, entire, whole
He has a one hundred percent record of success.
- one in a million
- Something extremely rare or unlikely
A one in a million, chance of a lifetime ... one in a million you.
- one in the eye for
- an event or achievement which is unpleasant for someone, especially for those who considered it impossible or unwelcome; an annoyance
The success of Firefox is one in the eye for Microsoft.
- one legged
- Of or pertaining to having only one leg
A mono-pod is a one legged equivalent to a tripod.
- one man and a dog
- a small startup company, usually in a computer or technological field
He started work as the proverbial one man and a dog operation....
- one million
- The number 1000000
- one moment, please
- Used to ask a person to wait a moment
- one more time for the sweet souvenir
- for old times' sake
- one o'clock
- The start of the second hour in both the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock; 1: 00
- one of a kind
- A unique specimen
- one of a kinds
- plural form of one of a kind
- one of his majesty's bad bargains
- A worthless soldier, a malingeror
- one of these days
- One day, some day
One of these days, he won't be so lucky.
- one of those days
- A bad day
I'm sorry I was rude earlier. I'm just having one of those days.
- one off the wrist
- An act of masturbation
- one short
- the act of a batsman, running between the wickets, failing to ground himself or his bat behind the popping crease before turning for another run; the umpire's signal indicating this (the run does not count)
- one should be so lucky
- It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen
A pay increase? You should be so lucky!.
- one side
- You should move to one side and allow me to go through the passageway you are blocking
I'm late now, Fatty. C'mon. One side, Zooey said. A Philadelphia highboy had been moved out into the hall, and, together with Mrs. Glass's person, it blocked Zooey's passage.
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- (used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- Words spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon
- one step ahead
- maintaining a slight advantage; continuing to lead
- one step at a time
- Slowly and steadily. Without rushing
- one step forward, two steps back
- A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments
We got all the roofing removed but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.
- one strike and you're out
- If you fail you will be given no second chance
The training was intense and they had a strict one strike and you're out policy when it came to sleeping in.
- one swallow does not a summer make
- One sighting or instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend
- one swallow does not make a summer
- A sign is not proof – do not rejoice too soon
- one swallow doesn't make a summer
- One sighting or instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend
- one thing led to another
- From one event, a series of non-important steps resulted in another event
- one thousand
- Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length
One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand, .
- one thousand
- The number 1000
- one track mind
- Alternative spelling of one-track mind
- one trick pony
- Alternative spelling of one-trick pony
- one under
- A person under a train; a person hit by a train after jumping or falling in front of it
I've been on a train when some has gone under. Actually heard the thump and then the driver on the radio saying I've got one under.
- one unders
- plural form of one under
- one up
- To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort
Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.
- one up
- In additional life or an object that increases the player's number of chances or "lives" by one
If you hit that block, you can get a one up.
- one ups
- plural form of one up
- one who hesitates is lost
- A person who spends too much time contemplating what to do may miss a valuable but fleeting opportunity
- one's
- belonging to one
- one's bark is worse than one's bite
- The individual acts threatening but is relatively harmless
Its bark is worse than its bite.
- one's days are numbered
- Some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end
If his performance does not improve very soon, his days at this company are numbered.
- one's jig is up
- Alternative form of the jig is up.
But I'd convinced a witness to come in, Sure enough, when we brought Marshall in for the lineup, she picked him right away. ¶ Marshall was naturally upset that his jig was up,.
- one's self
- The self or being of an individual
Self-awareness is acknowledging the existence of one's self and one's being.
- one's self
- Alternative spelling of oneself
One can teach one's self to do this.
- one's socks off
- With a large amount of effort or intensity
- one's word is law
- Requests or orders of (a person) should definitely be fulfilled
- one-armed bandit
- A gaming machine having a long handle (the “arm” referred to in the name) at one side that one pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels
- one-armed router
- A special variety of router used to route packets in a VLAN environment. Because a one-armed router uses the same physical link to send and receive traffic to and from different VLANs, this is also known as a router on a stick
- one-banana problem
- A problem with a low level of difficulty
It's only a one-banana problem at the most; what's taking them so long?.
- one-banana problems
- plural form of one-banana problem
- one-child policy
- A policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child
- one-day cricket
- a form of cricket, played on one day, in which each side bats only once
- one-day international
- a one-day match played between teams representing the Test nations; a similar match in a tournament such as the World Cup
- one-day internationals
- plural form of one-day international
- one-day match
- a game of cricket played on one day; each side batting once
- one-day matches
- plural form of one-day match
- one-dimensional
- Lacking depth or believability; flat
In contrast to this are the flat, one-dimensional characters found in fables.
- one-dimensional
- An object with length, but no height or depth. Like a square has no depth, a one-dimensional object is that square with no width. A straight line
- one-drop rule
- The notion that one drop of black blood (i.e., any African ancestry at all) makes a person black
- one-eyed
- Having only a single eye, particularly when a higher number is normal
- one-eyed trouser snake
- The penis
Christ, I’ve gotta go and shake the old one-eyed trouser snake, meself.
- one-finger salute
- The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist
Painted on one: destroy this memory. ¶ On another, a homeowner has painted a one-finger salute to Allstate.
- one-finger salutes
- plural form of one-finger salute
- one-hit wonder
- A musical performer or musical group known for a single hit song, especially after failing at later attempts at success
Eleven years ago, Arrested Development became one of Southern hip-hop's first crossover successes with “Tennessee,” a wistful, bohemian-influenced song about the scars of history. But the group was a one-hit wonder.
- one-hit wonder
- A person or group known for achieving only a single major accomplishment
The European company is no one-hit wonder. The company has another best seller in its J-class car, sold as a Vauxhall Cavalier.
- one-horse town
- A very small town
It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.
- one-horse towns
- plural form of one-horse town
- one-hundred
- Attributive form of one hundred
- one-hundred-year storm
- A storm of such force that it occurs only once every one hundred years approximately
- one-hundred-year storms
- plural form of one-hundred-year storm
- one-hundredth
- the second decimal digit in a percentage
one one-hundredth of a percent = 0.01%.
- one-legged
- Having only one leg
- one-liner
- a short remark intended as a sound bite
- one-liner
- a short joke, especially one of a single sentence
- one-man band
- A musician who plays several musical instruments at once
- one-man band
- An organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person
The corporation he will someday inherit—growing, churning—won't work as a one-man band.
- one-minute warning
- In the AFL, a warning given with one minute to go before the end of a half, after which special rules apply, eg, stoppage of the game clock after very first down
- one-night stand
- A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the parties has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night
- one-night stand
- An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening
- one-night stands
- plural form of one-night stand
- one-nighter
- A nighttime performance by a performer (or troupe) who will only perform in that location for that one night until further notice
- one-note
- Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range
The movie is one long snigger. . . . It might be one-note, but at least it's in the key of funny.
- one-of-a-kind
- A unique example
- one-off
- Occurring once; one-time
The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.
- one-off
- Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally
I'll put together a quick one-off as a sample so we can taste the recipe.
- one-on-one
- Involving direct communication between two people
- one-on-one
- bijective or injective
- one-on-one
- A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams
He was willing to go one-on-one with the District Attorney himself.
- one-on-one
- involving one attacker and one defender
- one-percent milk
- Milk containing one percent butterfat
- one-percenter
- An outlaw biker, such as a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
There is, without a doubt, the one-percenter subculture consisting of individuals who are social renegades in the criminal sense.
- one-percenter
- One who wishes to be recognized for an idea without putting forth the "ninety-nine percent perspiration" needed to implement that idea
- one-percenter
- An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience
- one-percenter
- One who seeks or is granted honor far greater than their perceived contribution would warrant
- one-percenter
- A member of the top one percent of a population by wealth, ability, etc. (same as the ninety-ninth percentile)
ou've been one of the one-percenters. You've always been in that rarefied top one percent of the people doing whatever you were doing at any given moment in your life.
- one-piece
- Composed of a single integral unit or so appearing
A man's one-piece swim suit can be as small as a jock strap, whereas a woman's one-piece swim suit by convention covers with one contiguous unit both the genitalia and the teats.
- one-piece
- A one-piece article of clothing
- one-shot
- A monostable multivibrator
- one-shot
- needing only a single attempt to become effective
- one-shot
- A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head
- one-shot
- A music sample that is played without immediate repetition
- one-shot
- A type of long-lasting paint
- one-shot
- A television programme that is not part of a series
- one-shot
- unique
- one-shot
- A headshot, especially in first-person shooters or a single hit kill in most RPGs
- one-shot
- A story of only one chapter
- one-sided
- Out of proportion or lopsided
- one-sided
- Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group
We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.
- one-sided
- With one competitor dominant over the other
It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.
- one-sided
- Having only one side, like a Möbius strip
- one-sidedly
- In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something
There was nothing Julia could tell her about sterilizing, or talcum powder, or keeping light out of the baby's eyes, or turning her over in her crib from time to time so that she shouldn't develop one-sidedly.
- one-sidedly
- In a one-sided or biased manner
Macaulay was concerned to interpret the seventeenth century in terms of the triumph of the Whigs as champions of public rights; and he upheld this one-sidedly but not malignantly.
- one-size-fits-all
- Appealing to a wide range of tastes or opinions
- one-size-fits-all
- Designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes
- one-start
- Describing a simple spiral that starts at a point at the origin and does not divide the plane
- one-start
- Describing a section of a simple helix
- one-stop
- Describing the act of using such an operation
- one-stop
- Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied without visiting another
- one-time
- Occurring only on one occasion
He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.
- one-time
- Of or pertaining to a specific time in the past
He was the one-time president of the club.
- one-to-one
- Bijective or injective
- one-to-one
- Matching each member of one set with a member of another set
There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays.
- one-to-one
- A personal relationship, especially a sexual one, between two people
- one-to-one
- injection (a mapping which takes no two points in the preimage to the same point in the image) or a bijection
- one-to-one
- Involving direct communication between two people. Used especially to refer to situations in which one person is teaching one other person
- one-track
- limited to one idea or thought
- one-track
- having a single set of lines so that trains can run only in one direction at a time; single-track
- one-track mind
- That said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing
He has a one-track mind. All he ever talks about is trains and railroads.
- one-trick pony
- A performing animal (especially a pony) that knows only one trick
- one-trick pony
- A person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic
- one-two
- A quick one-touch play between two players
- one-two
- A one-two punch; two punches delivered in rapid succession
- one-two punch
- A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession
- one-two punch
- A rapid sequence of two things that has a quick effect
- one-two punches
- plural form of one-two punch
- one-up
- To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort
Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.
- one-up
- In additional life or an object that increases the player's number of chances or "lives" by one
If you hit that block, you can get a one-up.
- one-up-one-down
- A traditional house with one room upstairs and one room downstairs
- one-upmanship
- The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor
He always engaged in one-upmanship.
- one-upmanship
- A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor
- one-way
- allowing movement in only one direction
The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.
- one-way
- allowing travel in only one direction
I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.
- one-way mirror
- A mirror reflecting images on one side and transparent on the other, often used by the police during an interrogation
The trainee interviews a client in a one-way mirror room or in front of a video camera while being observed by the supervisor, who guides the therapy by telephoning suggestions or bringing the trainee out for discussion. — Learning and Teaching Therapy by Jay Haley.
- one-way mirrors
- plural form of one-way mirror
- one-way street
- A thoroughfare in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- one-way ticket
- A course of action from which there is no way back
Voting Labour is a one way ticket to higher fuel prices.
