one thing or person after another イディオム

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

one good turn deserves another

if someone helps you it is fair to help them in return One good turn deserves another so we made a great effort to help those people who had helped us in the past.

one man's garbage is another man's art

each person has different likes and dislikes, to each his own You pick up what somebody throws away, so one man's garbage is another man's art.

one man's meat is another man's poison

one person likes what another person hates, to each his own "Some people love his music; others hate it. One man's meat is another man's poison."

tell me another one

tell me another excuse, tell me another lie You say the spaceship took you away. Sure. Tell me another one.

one after another other

one by one一个接一个
The wounded soldiers died one after another．伤兵相继死亡。
Two happy events came one after the other．两件喜事接踵而至。

one after another/the other

one by one一个接一个
The wounded soldiers died one after another．伤兵相继死亡。
Two happy events came one after the other．两件喜事接踵而至。

one another

each other彼此
They gave presents to one another at Christmas．圣诞节他们互赠礼品。

one way or another

Idiom(s): one way or another

Theme: SOMEHOW

somehow.
• I'll do it one way or another.
• One way or another, I'll get through school.

leave sth for another occasion

Idiom(s): leave something for another occasion AND keep something for another occasion

Theme: RESERVING

to hold back something for later. (Occasion can be replaced with time, day, person, etc.)
• Please leave some cake for me.
• Don't eat all the turkey. Leave some for another day.
• I have to keep some of my paycheck for next month.

one afterwards another

Consecutively and in quick succession, with one being or affair rapidly afterward addition in adjustment (and usually advertence a ample bulk altogether). (Often formulated as "one (noun) afterwards another.") The accouchement absolved silently, one afterwards another, into the academy to activate their lesson. When I was cooped up in the abode afterwards my surgery, I started account one book afterwards another.Learn more: after, another, one

one affair or being afterwards another

a alternation of things or bodies that seems afterwards limit. It's aloof one botheration afterwards another. One chump afterwards addition has been affairs shoes today!Learn more: after, another, one, person, thing

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More Idioms/Phrases

let go with less than pleased lend oneself or itself lend an ear leave word leave sth open leave sth for another occasion leave sb out in the cold leave sb in the lurch leave sb in peace leave sb holding the bag leave sb flat leave oneself wide open for leave one to one's fate