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one-trick pony
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌwʌn.trɪk ˈpəʊ.ni/ us /ˌwʌn.trɪk ˈpoʊ.ni/
informal
someone or something that is only good for one particular purpose, or at doing one particular thing仅能做好某一件事的人，只有单一用途的某物
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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calling card
capita
certain
especially
individual
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individualistically
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per capita
personally
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private
respectively
separately
severally
one-trick pony | Business English
one-trick pony
noun[ C ]
disapprovingukus
someone or something that is good at doing only one thing, or that can work in only one area:
The president is becoming a one-trick pony; a tax cut is his answer to every problem.
We don't want to be a one-trick pony, but if we have to be reliant on one industry, diamond mining is perfect.
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