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>A list of phrases containing the word "one"...
A list of phrases containing the word "one"...
...Baby One More Time ( Britney Spears album and song )
A great one for
All children, except one, grow up ( the opening line of Peter Pan )
All for one and one for all
All one to me
An army of one ( United States Army advertising slogan )
And then there was one
Another One Bites The Dust ( Queen song )
Art is going one step too far
As busy as a one armed paper hanger
As busy as a one legged arse kicker
As one door closes, another one opens
Ask the Man who Owns One ( Packard advertising slogan )
At one another's throats
At one fell swoop
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Atone for one's sins
Avert one's eyes
Avert one's gaze
Back to square one
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Bare one's teeth
Betcha can't eat just one ( Lay's potato chips advertising slogan )
Bite the big one
Breathe one's last
Buy one, get one free
Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard ( Spike Milligan line )
Colour one's view
Cop one
Dance With The One That Brought You ( Shania Twain song )
Day one
Doff one's cap
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Down it in one
Down to the last out ( A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance )
Down to the pub for a quick one
Every one a winner
Exercise one's discretion
Exert one's authority
Feed one's mind
For No One ( Beatles song )
Fourpenny one
From day one
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration ( Thomas Edison quotation )
Give one's eye teeth for
Give one's right arm for
Go off on one
Go one better
Got it in one
Have one on me
He's one sick puppy
Hello, one two three testing
Here's one I prepared earlier ( A catchphrase from Blue Peter )
Here's one in your eye
Hole in one
How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? ( Beatles song lyric )
I don't believe it ( A catchphrase from Victor Meldrew, One Foot In The Grave )
I have not slept one wink
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to play
I want that one ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
If I've only one life, let me live it as a blonde! ( Clairol Hair Colouring advertising slogan )
In one ear and out the other
In one piece
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
In words of one syllable
It Happened One Night ( Clark Gable movie )
It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
It takes one to know one
It was just one of those things
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good
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Just one more thing ( A catchphrase from Columbo )
Just one of those days
Key of the door ( Bingo call for number twenty one )
Kill two birds with one stone
Knit one purl one
Last one there is a rotten egg
Launch one's lunch
Lend one's name
Let me make one thing perfectly clear
Let one go
Let one thousand flowers bloom
Life is just one damned thing after another
Look after number one
Look out for number one
Make one's hackles rise
Massage one's ego
Minority of one
Mirror mirror on the all who is the fairest one of all?
More than one string to your bow
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen line )
Near to one's heart
Neither one thing nor the other
Nice one Cyril ( A catchphrase from Wonderloaf )
No One ( Alicia Keys song )
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent ( Eleanor Roosevelt quotation )
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
No one likes us, we don't care ( A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters )
Not my type ( not a person one is attracted to )
Now There is only one Mars ( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
Number one
Number one concubine ( name given to the partner of Bertrand Russell )
Number one son
Odd one out
On the one hand
One Cent ( Nickname of Anfernee Hardaway )
One Dog ( Nickname of Lance Johnson )
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( Jack Nicholson movie )
One Foot In The Grave ( BBC comedy television series )
One Hundred Years Of Solitude ( Gabriel Garcia Marquez book )
One More Cup Of Coffee ( Bob Dylan song )
One More Night ( Maroon 5 song )
One Of Us Must Know ( Bob Dylan song )
One Size ( Nickname of Fitz Hall )
One Too Many Mornings ( Bob Dylan song )
One Tough ( Nickname of Joaquin Andejar )
One and all
One and the same
One armed bandit
One brick short of a load
One by one
One card for home and abroad ( Maestro advertising slogan )
One fall, two submissions or a knockout
One fine day
One foot in the grave
One for all and all for one
One for sorrow ( Magpie nursery rhyme )
One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth
One for the book
One for the road
One good turn deserves another
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives
One hand tied behind your back
One hand washes the other
One hell of
One horse town
One in a billion ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
One in a million
One in the eye
One instinctively knows when something is right ( Croft Original Sherry advertising slogan )
One jump ahead of
One law for the rich and another for the poor
One leg at a time ( Dockers advertising slogan )
One liner
One man and his dog
One man's meat is another man's poison
One man's trash is another man's treasure
One man: one vote
One may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
One minute to midnight
One moment please
One more time
One night stand
One night stand investment
One of life's little ironies
One of the boys
One of these days, Alice ... Pow! To the moon! ( A catchphrase from The Honeymooners )
One off
One off the wrist
One on one
One out, all out
One over the eight
One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingies ( A catchphrase from Ernestine In Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In )
One second
One side of the story
One size fits all
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind ( Neil Armstrong quotation )
One smart cookie
One sprint many solutions ( Sprint advertising slogan )
One step ahead
One step at a time
One step forward, two steps back
One stop shop
One swallow doesn't make a summer
One taste and your stuck on golden flake ( Golden Flake Potato Chips advertising slogan )
One that Last ( Duracell Batteries advertising slogan )
One thing leads to another
One to one
One to remember
One toe over the line
One track mind
One trick pony
One two buckle my shoe ( line from nursery rhyme )
One two many and you might turn Bertie ( Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts advertising slogan )
One two three o'clock four o'clock rock
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men
One wedding brings another
One year's seeds make seven year weeds
Plus one
Prepare to want one ( Hyundai advertising slogan )
Public Enemy Number One ( Nickname of John Dillinger )
Pull a fast one
Put one foot in front of the other
Put one over on
Quality is job one ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Quick one
Rolled into one
Room for one more inside
Route one
Seen one, seen them all
Shoot a birdie ( score one under par in a golf shot )
Six of one and half a dozen of the other
Sleep with one eye open
So easy to use, no wonder it's number one ( AOL advertising slogan )
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Still the One ( ABC advertising slogan )
Stop me and buy one ( Wall's Ice Cream advertising slogan )
Stop me if you've heard this one
Take one day at a time
Take one for the team
Take someone to one side
Ten one hundred
That's a new one on me
The Amazing One ( Nickname of Alfredo Amezaga )
The Chosen One ( Nickname of LeBron James )
The Great One ( Nickname of comedian Jackie Gleason )
The Special One ( Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho )
The Wild One ( Marlon Brando movie )
The flower of one's youth
The lights are on but there's no one at home
The one and only Wonderbra ( Wonderbra advertising slogan )
The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals ( Crispy Critters advertising slogan )
The one that got away
The one to watch ( Channel 7 Australia advertising slogan )
The right one ( Martini advertising slogan )
The world around one
There's more than one way to skin a cat
There's not a soul out there, no one to hear my prayer ( ABBA lyric )
There's one born every minute
There's only one
This one will run and run
Tie one on
To get one's back up
Two for one
Two heads are better than one
Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, one named Peter, one named Paul ( line from nursery rhyme )
Two steps forward and one step back
We used to have one of those, but the wheels fell off
We're Just One Big Happy Family ( Richard Hawley song )
We're just one big happy family
We're the one ( Sky Television advertising slogan )
We're tobacco men not medicine men. Old Gold cures just one thing. The World's Best Tobacco ( Old Gold Cigarettes advertising slogan )
What Makes You Beautiful ( One Direction song )
What with one thing and another
What's in your wallet? ( Capital One advertising slogan )
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
Win faster ( One Brand Group advertising slogan )
With one bound he was at her side
Work one's fingers to the bone
Worth one's weight in gold
Wring one's hands
You are a one
You can kiss that one goodbye
You only get one chance to make a first impression
You only hurt the one you love
You're the One That I Want ( John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John song )
You, you're the one ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
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