one-trick pony

noun

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

Example Sentences

They played out from the back through Christian Norgaard and although they could mix it up, they were not a one-trick pony.

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"You don't want to be a one-trick pony, certainly if you want to be successful."

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“He’s not just a one-trick pony, down-the-field guy — he’s really impressed me,” Roman said.

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Farrell had what he called his “crutch” — the physical transmogrification — which also sparked a germ of fear in him, of “being a one-trick pony,” he said.

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But such a blindside can be executed only once, and so what had been emotionally affecting about “The Sixth Sense” swiftly became a gimmick — or, in the case of Shyamalan’s much-derided 2004 film “The Village,” validation for those who thought the director was a one-trick pony.

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