one

mod. having to do with something unique or special. (Similar to a definite article.) Hank? Now there is one ugly son of a gun for you.

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(a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
(a/one's) place in the sun
(as) black as (one's) hat
(in) up to (one's) elbows
(in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
(not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
(one) ain't particular
(one) can hardly believe his or her eyes
(one) can scarcely believe his or her eyes
(one) can't win for losing
(one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
(one) figures (that)
(one) would do well to (do something)
(one's) (hand)writing is like chicken scratch
(one's) (true) stripes
(one's) applecart
(one's) ass is on the line
(one's) ass off
(one's) autumn years
(one's) back is up
(one's) bag of tricks
(one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite
(one's) blood is up
(one's) blood runs cold
(one's) cake is dough
(one's) conscience is clean
(one's) conscience is clear
(one's) ears are burning
(one's) final resting place
(one's) finest hour
(one's) heart of hearts
(one's) heart's desire
(one's) jig is up
(one's) little finger told (one) that
(one's) lucky day
(one's) marching orders
(one's) marching papers
(one's) moment in the sun
(one's) nerves are shot
(one's) old stomping ground
(one's) other half
(one's) own flesh and blood
(one's) true colours
(one's) tuppence (worth)
(one's) two pennies (worth)
(one's) two penn'orth
(one's) twopence (worth)
(one's) Venus turns out a whelp
(one's) way out of a paper bag
(someone's) door is always open
(someone's) hands are full
(someone's) native soil
(the) next thing (one) knows
(the) odd one out
(the/an/one's) artistic style
110 proof
a bit beyond (one's) ken
a blot on (one's) escutcheon
a change in (one's) stripes
a chip on (one's) shoulder
a dose of (one's) own medicine
a flea in (one's) ear
a frog in (one's) throat
a hundred and ten percent
a legend in (one's) own lifetime
a legend in (one's) own lunchtime
a legend in (one's) own mind
a legend in (one's) own time
a live one
a lot on (one's) plate
a man of his word
a monkey on (one's) back
a mystery to (one)
a nine-day wonder
a notch in (someone's) bedpost
a notch in (someone's) belt
a notch on (someone's) bedpost
a notch on (someone's) belt
a one-hit wonder
a one-horse race
a one-horse town
a one-man band
a one-night stand
a one-trick pony
a one-two punch
a one-way street
a one-way ticket to
a one-way ticket to (somewhere or something)
a person after (one's) own
a price on (one's) head
a quick one
a serpent in (one's) bosom
a shadow of (one's) former self
a shiver down (one's) spine
a shiver ran down (one's/someone's) spine
a shiver ran up (one's/someone's) spine
a shiver went down (one's/someone's) spine
a shiver went up (one's/someone's) spine
a snake in (one's) bosom
a spring in (one's) step
a sword of Damocles hangs over (one's) head
a taste of (one's) own medicine
a woman of her word
a/one sick puppy
A1
abduct (someone) from
abet (someone) in
able to do (something) standing on (one's) head
about (one's) business
about (one's) ears
about (one's) person
above (one's) bend
above (one's) head
above (one's) huckleberry
above (one's) pay grade
above (one's) paycheck
absolve (one) from
absolve (one) of
absorb (something/someone) in(to)
acclimate (someone/something) to
accommodate (one) with
accommodate (someone's) wishes
accompany (one)
accompany (one) with
according to (one's) own lights
accuse (one) of
accustom (one) to
ace up (one's) sleeve
acknowledge (one) as
acknowledge (one) to be right
acquaint (one) with
acquit (one) of
act (one's) age
act one's age
addict (one) to
address (one) as
admire (one) for
admit (one) to
admit (someone/something) into
admonish (one) for
adopt (someone/something) as
adore (one) for
adorn (someone/something) with
advise (one) about
advise (one) against
advise (one) of
advise (one) on
affix (one's) signature to
afflict (one) with
afraid of (one's) own shadow
afraid of one's own shadow
after (one's) own heart
after one's own heart
against (one's) better judgment
against (one's) principles
against (one's) will
against one's better judgment
against one's will
ahead of (one's/its) time
ahead of one's time
aid (someone) in (something)
air (one's) belly
air (one's) dirty laundry in public
air (one's) grievances
air (one's) lungs
air (one's) opinion
air (one's) paunch
air (one's) pores
air one out
air one’s belly
air one’s pores
air one's grievances
albatross around (one's) neck
albatross around one's neck
alienate (one) from
all (one's) eggs in one basket
all (one's) geese are swans
all (one's) life is worth
all (one's) life's worth
all (the) one
all by (one's) lonesome
all in (one's) head
all in (one's) mind
all in one piece
all is fish that comes to his net
all one
all over (one's) face
all over one
all right with (one)
all right with one
all the same
allow (one) free rein
allow (one) up
amuse (someone or something) with
an offer one can't refuse
an/(one's) ivory tower
an/(one's) old flame
and one (more) for luck
and one for luck
angle
another nail in (one's) coffin
another string to (one's) bow
answer (one's) purpose
ants in (the/one's) pants
ants in one's pants, have
any (one) worth (one's) salt
A-one
apple of one's eye
appoint (one) to
apprentice (one) to
apprise (one) of
approach (one) about
argue (one) into
argue (one's) way out (of)
argue (someone/something) down
arouse (one) from
as (one) pleases
as best one can
as far as (one) knows
as far as (someone/something) is concerned
as far as the eye can see
as good as (one's) word
as if (one) owns the place
as if (one's) life depends on it
as much as (one's) life is worth
as one
as one man
as the spirit moves (one)
ask (one) in(to)
ask (one) out
ask (one) over
ass in a sling, have one's
assert (one)self
assist (one) at
assure (one) of
astound (one) with
at (one's) beck and call
at (one's) best
at (one's) convenience
at (one's) doorstep
at (one's) earliest convenience
at (one's) ease
at (one's) elbow
at (one's) expense
at (one's) fingertips
at (one's) heels
at (one's) knee
at (one's) leisure
at (one's) mother's knee
at (one's) own game
at (one's) own peril
at (one's) own risk
at (one's) wit's end
at (someone's) request
at a stretch
at best
at each other's throats
at ease
at leisure
at one
at one blow
at one fell swoop
at one sitting
at one stroke
at one time
at one time or another
at one with
at one's
at one's best
at one's convenience
at one's door
at one's fingertips
at one's leisure
at one's wit's end
at the back of (one's) mind
at the end of (one's) fingertips
at the end of (one's) tether
at the expense of
at the summit of (one's) success
at the top of (one's) game
at the top of (one's) lungs
at the top of (one's) voice
at the top of (the/one's) agenda
at the top of one's lungs
at worst
attract to
away from (one's) desk
back into a corner
back of (one's) hand
back of one's hand
back of one's mind
back on (one's) feet
back to square one
back to the drawing board
bad egg
bad taste in (one's) mouth
badger into
badger to death
bail (one) out of jail
bail out
bald-headed hermit
balls of (the/one's) feet
bandage up
bane of (one's) existence
bang (one's) head against a brick wall
bang (one's) head against a wall
bang around
bang for (one's/the) buck
bare (one's) breast
bare (one's) heart
bare (one's) soul
bare (one's) teeth
bare hands, with one's
bare one's soul
bare one's teeth
bark is worse than one's bite, one's
base (one's) opinion on
bash (someone's) brains in
bat (one's) eyelashes
bat (one's) eyes
bat one thousand
bathe in
bats in one's belfry, have
batter up
bawl (one's) eyes out
be (all) for (someone or something)
be (as) easy as one-two-three
be (down) on (one's) uppers
be (flat) on (one's) back
be (not) (one's) bag
be (not) (one's) brother's keeper
be (not) (one's) department
be (not) as black as (someone/something) is painted
be (one's) for the asking
be (one's) for the taking
be (one's) last resort
be (one's) own man/woman/person
be (one's) own master
be (one's) own worst enemy
be (one's) pigeon
be (one's/the) main squeeze
be (sitting) on (one's) tail
be (someone's) strong suit
be a (something) to (one's) fingertips
be a figment of (one's/the) imagination
be a huckleberry above (one's) persimmon
be a huckleberry over (one's) persimmon
be a law unto (one)self
be a load off (one's) mind
be a one-way street
be a weight off (one's) shoulders
be afraid of (one's) (own) shadow
be after (one's) blood
be all (the) one (to someone)
be all in
be all in (one's/the) mind
be another of life's great mysteries
be as good as (one's) word
be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
be at (one's) beck and call
be at (one's) wit's end
be at one
be at the end of (one's) rope
be before (one's) time
be beyond (one's) ken
be big of (one)
be caught off (one's) guard
be caught with (one's) pants down
be conspicuous by (one's) absence
be down on (one) like a ton of bricks
be down on (one's) luck
be fighting for (one's/its) life
be gathered to (one's) fathers
be half the (something) (one) used to be
be hanging over (one)
be hoist with one's own petard
be in (one's) altitudes
be in (one's) blood
be in (one's) cups
be in (one's) dotage
be in (one's) element
be in (one's) face
be in (one's) good books
be in (one's) hands
be in (one's) pocket
be in (someone's) shoes
be in line
be in over (one's) head
be left to (one's) own devices
be left to (one's) own resources
be music to (one's) ears
be neither one thing nor the other
be no skin off (one's) back
be not (one's) bag
be not (one's) cup of tea
be of (one's) own making
be of like mind
be of one mind
be off (one's) chump
be off (one's) dot
be off (one's) guard
be off (one's) nut
be off (one's) trolley
be on
be on (its/one's) last legs
be on (one's) ass
be on (one's) best behavior
be on (one's) conscience
be on (one's) good behavior
be on (one's) mettle
be on (one's) pat
be on (one's) Pat Malone
be on (one's) shit list
be on (one's) tod
be on guard
be on the tip of (one's) tongue
be one age with (someone)
be one brick short of a (full) load
be one card cards short of a full deck
be one card short of a full deck
be one card shy of a (full) deck
be one flesh
be one in a million
be one in the eye for
be one of a kind
be one over (the) eight
be one sandwich short of a picnic
be one step ahead
be one up on
be out for/after (someone's) scalp
be out of (one's) depth
be out of (one's) element
be out of (one's) face
be out of (one's) hair
be out of (one's) hands
be out of (one's) head
be out of (one's) league
be out of (one's) mind
be out of (one's) shell
be out of (one's) skull
be out of (one's) tree
be out of line
be out of the way
be out on (one's) ear
be out on (one's) feet
be past (the/one's) sell-by date
be put in (one's) place
be rushed off (one's) feet
be swept off (one's) feet
be tall in (one's)/the saddle
be the end of (one)
be the end of one
be under (someone's) spell
be under (someone's) wing
be under the spell of (someone)
bear (one)self
beat (one's) head against a stone wall
beat (one's) meat
beat (someone's) brains in
beat into one's head
beat one’s brains out
beat one’s brains out to do something
beat one’s gums
beat one’s meat
beat one's brains out
beat one's head against the wall
beat the dummy
become one flesh
bee in one's bonnet
before (one's) time
before (one's) very eyes
behind (one's) back
behind (one's) time
behoove one to do
believe (one's) eyes
believe one's ears
below (one's) breath
bend one’s elbow
bet (one's) boots
bet one’s bottom dollar
bet one's ass
better the devil you know than the one you don't know
beyond (one's) ken
beyond (one's) pay grade
beyond one's means
bide one's time
Big Brother is watching you
big of one
bird in (one's) bosom
bird of (one's) own brain
bite (one's) lip
bite (one's) thumb at
bite off more than one can chew
bite one's nails
bite one's tongue
bite the big one
bite the hand that feeds one
black as one is painted
blank look on (one's) face
bless the world with (one's) heels

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Baxter	['bækstə]
Kaley	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Pieter	PEE-tər	Dutch
Anielka	ahn-YEL-kah	Polish
Cahir	-	Irish
Jack	[dʒæk]