one-trick pony
noun
informal, mainly US a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
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How to use one-trick pony in a sentence
“I think being a one-trick pony is not the long game here,” Fishman says.
Back Off, B*tches. There’s Only One Butt Selfie Queen | Cheryl Wischhover | May 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut she also has to contend with photographers looking to exploit her as a one-trick pony to shock their audiences.
Is he an underrated actor—which I, for one, believe he is—or a one-trick pony?
Keanu Reeves on ‘Man of Tai Chi,’ ‘Bill & Ted’ & ‘Point Break’ | Marlow Stern | September 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo do so again would have rendered them a (very catchy) one-trick pony.
Daft Punk Goes Back to the Future With ‘Random Access Memories’ | Tricia Romano | May 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the indictment notes, Martoma was regarded by an SAC official as a “one-trick pony with Elan.”
The Insider-Trading Cloud Hanging Over SAC Capital’s Steven A. Cohen | Daniel Gross | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
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