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one-trick pony

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noun

  1. informal a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He’s a one-trick pony: “Sir, she said. Sir.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The vegetable, regarded as a fruit just as tomatoes are fruits commonly regarded as vegetables, isn’t a one-trick pony, either.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

"What Gianluca is showing is that he's not a one-trick pony when it comes to goalscoring," added Moyes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022

It’s good that this film clocks in at 70 minutes, since there’s no getting around that this grisly meet-cute marriage of Brian De Palma pastiche and “The Human Centipede” is a one-trick pony.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

And I was pretty much a one-trick pony.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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