one-trick pony

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one-trick pony

noun one-trick ponies · one trick pony

  1. A performing animal (especially a pony) that knows only one trick.
  2. broadly, idiomatic A person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic. He's a one-trick pony / One trick is all that horse can do / He does one trick only / It's the principal source of his revenue

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noun animal

中文只會一招的動物 /只会一招的动物 zhǐ huì yī zhāo de dòngwù

noun person or group

Españolcaballo de un solo truco
中文一招鮮 /一招鲜

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@misc{one_trick_pony_2026,
  title = {one-trick pony},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one-trick%20pony},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}