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one-trick ponies

one-trick ponies is the plural of one-trick pony.

Meaning of one-trick pony

Noun

one-trick pony (plural one-trick ponies)

  1. A performing animal (especially a pony) that knows only one trick.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) A person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic.
    • He's a one-trick pony / One trick is all that horse can do / He does one trick only / It's the principal source of his revenue1980, Paul Simon, “One-Trick Pony”

Questions about one-trick ponies

What is one-trick ponies the plural of?
One-trick ponies is the plural of one-trick pony.

Words near one-trick ponies in the dictionary

  1. one-touch
  2. one-track
  3. one-track mind
  4. one-track minds
  5. one-trick
  6. one-trick ponies
  7. one-trick pony
  8. one-trick-ponyism
  9. one-tricked
  10. one-tricking
  11. one-tricks

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