의미: one to one 
one-to-one a. 1대 1의, 상대적인; (2개 이상의 그룹 사이에서) 각 요소가 각각 대응하는
▶ a one-to-one function 일대일 대응 함수
one-to-one a. 1대 1의, 상대적인; (2개 이상의 그룹 사이에서) 각 요소가 각각 대응하는▶ a one-to-one function 일대일 대응 함수
to one 관용구
beat into one
go to one
go to one's head
hundred to one shot/chance
music to one
play into one
play into one's hands
put words into one
stick to one
stick to one's guns
ten to one
to one
drop to one's knees
The man dropped to his knees，begging for mercy．那人跪了下来，请求宽恕。
get what's coming to one
At the end of the movie the traitor got what was coming to him and was put in jail．影片结束时，那个叛徒得到了应有的惩罚，被关进了监狱。
John didn't think he was getting what was coming to him，so he quit the job in that company．约翰认为他没有拿到他应得的酬劳，所以他辞掉了那个公司的工作。
have to oneself
You can't have all these apples to yourself．你不能一个人独占这么多苹果。
You haven't paid the rent yet；you can't have the room to yourself．你还没有付房租，不能独占这房间。
have two strings to one's bow
You've made sure in both directions．It's always good to have two strings to one's bow．你已经在两个方面都落实了。有两手准备总是好的。
keep to oneself
He keeps to himself most of the time．他大部分时间独居自处。
2．remain private 不给人知道；保守秘密
Don't keep the news to yourself；let's all share it．不要只管自己知道这消息，让我们也知道吧。
I'll tell you only if you promise to keep it to yourself．你答应保守秘密，我才告诉你。
I can't understand why you kept the news to yourself for so long．我不明白你为什么这么长时间也不把消息告诉他人。
spring to one's feet
The whole crowd sprang to their feet and cheered the victorious team．整个人群都霍然站起来为获胜队欢呼。
take to one's heels
The criminal took to his heels but was soon caught by the police．罪犯逃跑了，但很快就被警察抓了起来。
to one's feet
His wife's call brought him quickly to his feet．他夫人的呼唤使他急忙站起身来。
to one's heart's content
They played to their heart's content．他们痛快地玩了一场。
up to one's neck in
Idiom(s): up to one's neck (in something) AND up to one's ears (in sth); up to one's eyeballs (in sth)Theme: INVOLVEMENT
having a lot of something; very much involved in something. (Informal.)
• I can't come to the meeting. I'm up to my neck in these reports.
• Mary is up to her ears in her work.
• I am up to my eyeballs in things to do! I can't do any more!
turn sth to one's advantage
Idiom(s): turn sth to one's advantageTheme: ADVANTAGE - TAKE
to make an advantage for oneself out of something (which might otherwise be a disadvantage).
• Sally found a way to turn the problem to her advantage.
• The ice cream store manager was able to turn the hot weather to her advantage.
true to one's word
Idiom(s): true to one's wordTheme: RELIANCE
keeping one's promise.
• True to his word, Tom showed up at exactly eight o'clock.
• Well soon know if Jane is true to her word. Well see if she does what she promised.
to one's way of thinking
Idiom(s): to one's way of thinkingTheme: OPINION
in someone's opinion.
• This isn't satisfactory to my way of thinking.
• To my way of thinking, this is the perfect kind of vacation.
to one's liking
Idiom(s): to one's likingTheme: PLEASING
in a way that pleases someone.
• I hope I've done the work to your liking.
• Sally didn't find the meal to her liking and didn't eat any of it.
tied to one's mother's apron strings
Idiom(s): tied to one's mother's apron stringsTheme: CONTROL
dominated by one's mother; dependent on one's mother.
• Tom is still tied to his mother's apron strings.
• Isn't he a little old to be tied to his mother's apron strings?
tell one to one's face
Idiom(s): tell one to one's faceTheme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to tell (something) to someone directly.
• I'm sorry that Sally feels that way about me. I wish she had told me to my face.
• I won't tell Tom that you're mad at him. You should tell him to his face.
take the law into one's own hands
Idiom(s): take the law into one's own handsTheme: LEGAL
to attempt to administer the law; to act as a judge and jury for someone who has done something wrong.
• Citizens don't have the right to take the law into their own hands.
• The shopkeeper took the law into his own hands when he tried to arrest the thief
take sb into one's confidence
Idiom(s): take sb into one's confidenceTheme: TRUST
to trust someone with confidential information; to tell a secret to someone and trust the person to keep the secret.
• We are good friends, hut I didn't feel I could take her into my confidence.
• I know something very important about Jean. Can I take you into my confidence?
stick to one's ribs
Idiom(s): stick to one's ribsTheme: FOOD
[for food] to last long and fortify one well; [for food] to sustain one even in the coldest weather.
• This oatmeal ought to stick to your ribs. You need something hearty on a cold day like this.
• I don't want soup! I want something that will stick to my ribs.
step into one's shoes
Idiom(s): step into one's shoesTheme: SUBSTITUTION
to take over a job or some role from someone.
• I was prepared to step into the boss's shoes, so there was no disruption when he left for another job.
• There was no one who could step into Alice's shoes when she left, so everything came to a stop.
say sth right to one's face
Idiom(s): say sth (right) to one's faceTheme: CONFRONTATION
to say something (unpleasant) directly to someone.
• She knew I thought she was rude because I said it right to her face.
• I thought she felt that way about me, but I never thought she'd say it to my face.
put words into one's mouth
Idiom(s): put words into one's mouthTheme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to speak for another person without permission.
• Stop putting words into my mouth. I can speak for myself.
• The lawyer was scolded for putting words into the witness's mouth.
put ideas into one's head
Idiom(s): put ideas into one's headTheme: COMMUNICATION
to suggest something—usually something bad—to someone (who would not have thought of it otherwise).
• Bill keeps getting into trouble. Please don't put ideas into his head.
• Bob would get along all right if other kids didn't put ideas into his head.
off to one side
Idiom(s): off to one sideTheme: PROXIMITY
beside (something); (moved) slightly away from something.
• Our garden has roses in the middle and a spruce tree off to one side.
• He took me off to one side to tell me the bad news.
measure up to one's expectations
Idiom(s): measure up (to one's expectations)Theme: ACHIEVEMENT
to be as good as one expects.
• This meal doesn't measure up to my expectations.
• Why doesn't it measure up?
look to one's laurels
Idiom(s): look to one's laurelsTheme: STATUS
to take care not to lower or diminish one's reputation or position, especially in relation to that of someone else potentially better.
• With the arrival of the new member of the football team, James will have to look to his laurels to remain as the highest scorer.
• The older members of the team will have to look to their laurels when young people join.
leave one to one's fate
Idiom(s): leave one to one's fateTheme: DISPOSAL
to abandon someone to whatever may happen—possibly death or some other unpleasant event.
• We couldn't rescue the miners and were forced to leave them to their fate.
• Please don't try to help. Just go away and leave me to my fate.
law unto oneself
Idiom(s): law unto oneselfTheme: DOMINATION
one who makes one's own laws or rules; one who sets one's own standards of behavior.
• You can't get Bill to follow the rules. He's a law unto himself.
• Jane is a law unto herself. She's totally unwilling to cooperate.
keep sth to oneself
Idiom(s): keep sth to oneselfTheme: SECRECY
to keep something a secret. (Notice the use of but in the examples.)
• I'm quitting my job, but please keep that to yourself.
• Keep it to yourself, but I'm quitting my job.
• John is always gossiping. He can't keep anything to himself
have sth coming to one
Idiom(s): have sth coming (to one)Theme: JUSTICE
to deserve punishment (for something). (Informal.)
• Bill broke a window, so he has a spanking coming to him.
• That's it, Bill. Now you've got it coming!
go into one's song and dance
Idiom(s): go into one's song and dance (about sth)Theme: EXPLANATION
to start giving one's explanations and excuses about something. (One's can be replaced by the same old. Fixed order.)
• Please don't go into your song and dance about how you always tried to do what was right.
• John went into his song and dance about how he won the war all by himself.
• He always goes into the same old song and dance every time he makes a mistake.
give one what's coming to one
Idiom(s): give one what's coming to oneTheme: CONSEQUENCES
to give one what one deserves, either a punishment or a reward.
• I'm here to be paid. Give me what's coming to me.
• Thank you. I will see that you get what's coming to you.
get to one's feet
Idiom(s): get to one's feetTheme: MOVEMENT
to stand up.
• On a signal from the director, the singers got to their feet.
• I was so weak, I could hardly get to my feet.
drum sth into one's head
Idiom(s): drum sth into sb('s head)Theme: EXPLANATION
to make someone learn something through persistent repetition.
• Yes, I know that. They drummed it into me as a child.
• Now I'm drumming it into my own children.
• I will drum it into their heads day and night.
come to one's senses
Idiom(s): come to one's sensesTheme: ALERTNESS
to wake up; to become conscious; to start thinking clearly.
• John, come to your senses. You're being quite stupid.
• In the morning I don't come to my senses until I have had two cups of coffee.
come into one's own
Idiom(s): come into one's own AND come into its ownTheme: SUCCESS
to achieve proper recognition.
• Sally finally came into her own.
• The idea of an electric car finally came into its own.
• Film as an art medium finally came into its own.
beat sth into one's head
Idiom(s): beat sth into one's headTheme: VIOLENCE
to force someone to learn something, possibly through violence. (This can be a threat of violence and should not be used casually.)
• I studied for hours. I have never beat so much stuff into my head in such a short time.
• You're going to learn this math if I have to beat it into your head.
beat a path to one's door
Idiom(s): beat a path to one's doorTheme: ATTRACTION
[for people] to come to someone in great numbers. (So many people will wish to come and see you that they will wear down a pathway to your door.)
• I have a product so good that everyone is beating a path to my door.
• If you really become famous, people will beat a path to your door.
according to one's own lights
Idiom(s): according to one's own lightsTheme: CONSCIENCE
according to the way one believes; according to the way one's censor or inclinations advance one. (Rarely acclimated informally.)
• Bodies charge act on this amount according to their own lights.
• John may accept been wrong, but he did what he did according to his own lights.
according to one's own lights|according|lights|own
adv. phr. In accordance with one's censor or inclinations. Citizens should vote according to their own lights.beat a aisle to one's door
Idiom(s): beat a aisle to one's doorTheme: ATTRACTION
[for people] to appear to addition in abundant numbers. (So abounding bodies will ambition to appear and see you that they will abrasion down a alleyway to your door.)
• I accept a artefact so acceptable that anybody is assault a aisle to my door.
• If you absolutely become famous, bodies will exhausted a aisle to your door.
beat into one
beat into one's head
beat into one's headAlso, knock or boom into one's head. Force one to apprentice something. For example, Hard as I try, I can't assume to exhausted the actual safe aggregate into my head, or He promised to boom the numbers into my arch by morning, or Whether we admired it or not, the English administration was bent to beating Shakespeare into our heads. Although beat implies violence, the aboriginal term, from the aboriginal 1500s, usually alludes added to a afresh arresting of blows, that is, alliteration or drilling; additionally with drum (alluding to drumbeats), which dates from the aboriginal 1800s.
beat into one's head|beat|head
v. phr., informal To advise by cogent afresh and again; echo often; drill, also, to be cantankerous and abuse often. Tom is apathetic and adamant and his acquaint accept to be baffled into his head. I cannot exhausted it into his arch that he should booty off his hat in the house.beat sth into one's head
Idiom(s): beat sth into one's headTheme: VIOLENCE
to force addition to apprentice something, possibly through violence. (This can be a blackmail of carelessness and should not be acclimated casually.)
• I advised for hours. I accept never exhausted so abundant actuality into my arch in such a abbreviate time.
• You're activity to apprentice this algebraic if I accept to exhausted it into your head.
bring to one's knees
bring to one's kneesAccomplish one submit; abate to a position of subservience. For example, Solitary bonds usually brings prisoners to their knees. This accurate byword dates alone from the backward 1800s, although there were beforehand versions alluding to actuality on one's knees as a action of submission.
bring to one's knees|bring|knee|knees
v. phr. To actively abate the ability or blemish the action of. The ammunition curtailment brought the auto industry to its knees.come into one's own
Idiom(s): come into one's own AND appear into its ownTheme: SUCCESS
to accomplish able recognition.
• Sally assuredly came into her own.
• The abstraction of an electric car assuredly came into its own.
• Film as an art average assuredly came into its own.
come into one's own|come
v. phr. To accept the abundance or account that you should have. John's grandfathering died and larboard him a actor dollars; aback John is 21, he will appear into his own. With the success of the Model T Ford, the auto industry came into its own.come to one's senses
Idiom(s): come to one's sensesTheme: ALERTNESS
to deathwatch up; to become conscious; to alpha cerebration clearly.
• John, appear to your senses. You're actuality absolutely stupid.
• In the morning I don't appear to my senses until I accept had two cups of coffee.
come to one's senses|come|sense|senses
v. phr. 1. Become acquainted again; deathwatch up. The boxer was agape out and did not appear to his senses for several minutes. The doctors gave Tom an analgesic afore his operation; again the doctor took out Tom's addendum afore he came to his senses.Compare: COME TO1. 2. To anticipate clearly; behave as accepted or as you should; act sensibly. A boy threw a snowball at me and afore I could appear to my senses he ran away. Don't act so foolishly. Appear to your senses!
Antonym: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.
drop to one's knees
The man alone to his knees，begging for mercy．那人跪了下来，请求宽恕。
drum sth into one's head
Idiom(s): drum sth into sb('s head)Theme: EXPLANATION
to accomplish addition apprentice article through assiduous repetition.
• Yes, I apperceive that. They drummed it into me as a child.
• Now I'm boot it into my own children.
• I will boom it into their active day and night.
fall into one's trap
Idiom(s): fall into a allurement AND abatement into the trap; abatement into someone's trapTheme: DECEPTION
to become bent in someone's scheme; to be bamboozled into accomplishing or cerebration something.
• We fell into a allurement by allurement for an explanation.
• I fell into his allurement aback I agreed to drive him home.
• We fell into the allurement of cerebration he was honest.
get into one's head
get into one's headAlso, get or booty it into one's head. Form an impression, idea, or plan. For example, What aberrant abstraction has she got into her head? or He took it into his arch that you appetite to quit. [Late 1600s] Additionally see get through one's head.
get on to one|get|get on
v. phr. To amount addition out; accept what addition abroad is up to. The FBI is on to Jim's abstruse trading with the enemy.get article into one's head
get article into one's headsee get into one's head.
get sth into one's blubbery head
Idiom(s): get article through someone's blubbery skull AND get article into someone's blubbery headTheme: UNDERSTANDING
to administer to get someone, including oneself, to accept something. (Informal.)
• He can't assume to get it through his blubbery skull.
• If I could get this into my blubbery arch once, I'd bethink it.
get to one's feet
Idiom(s): get to one's feetTheme: MOVEMENT
to angle up.
• On a arresting from the director, the singers got to their feet.
• I was so weak, I could hardly get to my feet.
get what's advancing to one
At the end of the cine the traitor got what was advancing to him and was put in jail．影片结束时，那个叛徒得到了应有的惩罚，被关进了监狱。
John didn't anticipate he was accepting what was advancing to him，so he abdicate the job in that company．约翰认为他没有拿到他应得的酬劳，所以他辞掉了那个公司的工作。
get what's advancing to one|get
or slanggive it to one straight|give|straight
v. phr. To be direct; be frank. I asked the doctor to accord it to me beeline how continued I accept to live.give one what's advancing to one
Idiom(s): give one what's advancing to oneTheme: CONSEQUENCES
to accord one what one deserves, either a abuse or a reward.
• I'm actuality to be paid. Accord me what's advancing to me.
• Thank you. I will see that you get what's advancing to you.
go into one's song and dance
Idiom(s): go into one's song and ball (about sth)Theme: EXPLANATION
to alpha giving one's explanations and excuses about something. (One's can be replaced by the aforementioned old. Fixed order.)
• Amuse don't go into your song and ball about how you consistently approved to do what was right.
• John went into his song and ball about how he won the war all by himself.
• He consistently goes into the aforementioned old song and ball every time he makes a mistake.
go to one
go to one's head
go to one's head|go|head
v. phr. 1. To accomplish one dizzy. Beer and wine go to a person's head. Looking out the aerial window went to the woman's head. 2. To accomplish addition too proud; accomplish a actuality anticipate he is too important. Being the brilliant amateur went to John's head. The girl's acclaim as a cine extra went to her head.handle to one's name
handle to one's nameA appellation or title, as in He was knighted and now had a handle to his name, or His appetence becoming him a handle to his name, Big Mouth. [First bisected of 1800s]
handle to one's name|handle|name
n. phr., slang A appropriate appellation acclimated afore your name. Jim's ancestor has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson. Bob came aback from the University with a handle to his name and was alleged Dr. Jones.have sth advancing to one
Idiom(s): have sth advancing (to one)Theme: JUSTICE
to deserve abuse (for something). (Informal.)
• Bill bankrupt a window, so he has a active advancing to him.
• That's it, Bill. Now you've got it coming!
have to oneself
You can't accept all these apples to yourself．你不能一个人独占这么多苹果。
You haven't paid the hire yet；you can't accept the allowance to yourself．你还没有付房租，不能独占这房间。
have two strings to one's bow
You've fabricated abiding in both directions．It's consistently acceptable to accept two strings to one's bow．你已经在两个方面都落实了。有两手准备总是好的。
hundred to one shot/chance
in one's shell|into one's shell|shell
adv. or adj. phr., informal In or into bashfulness; into silence; not sociable; unfriendly. After Mary's mother scolded her, she went into her shell. The abecedary approved to get Rose to allocution to her, but she backward in her shell.Antonym: OUT OF ONE'S SHELL.
into one's blood|blood|in one's blood
adv. phr. Agreeing altogether with one's sympathies, feelings, and desires. Living in a balmy area of the country gets in your blood. The dupe got into Jim's blood.Antonym: OUT OF ONE'S BLOOD.
into one's head
into one's headsee beat into one's head; get into one's head.
keep oneself to oneself
keep oneself to oneselfApprentice added keep to oneself.
keep sth to oneself
Idiom(s): keep sth to oneselfTheme: SECRECY
to accumulate article a secret. (Notice the use of but in the examples.)
• I'm abandonment my job, but amuse accumulate that to yourself.
• Accumulate it to yourself, but I'm abandonment my job.
• John is consistently gossiping. He can't accumulate annihilation to himself
keep to oneself
He keeps to himself best of the time．他大部分时间独居自处。
2．remain clandestine 不给人知道；保守秘密
Don't accumulate the account to yourself；let's all allotment it．不要只管自己知道这消息，让我们也知道吧。
I'll acquaint you alone if you affiance to accumulate it to yourself．你答应保守秘密，我才告诉你。
I can't accept why you kept the account to yourself for so long．我不明白你为什么这么长时间也不把消息告诉他人。
law unto oneself
Idiom(s): law unto oneselfTheme: DOMINATION
one who makes one's own laws or rules; one who sets one's own standards of behavior.
• You can't get Bill to chase the rules. He's a law unto himself.
• Jane is a law unto herself. She's absolutely afraid to cooperate.
law unto oneself|law
n. phr., literary A actuality who does alone what he wishes; a actuality who ignores or break the law aback he doesn't like it. Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself. Mr. Brown told Johnny that he charge stop aggravating to be a law unto himself.Compare: TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS.
leave one to one's fate
Idiom(s): leave one to one's fateTheme: DISPOSAL
to carelessness addition to whatever may happen—possibly afterlife or some added abhorrent event.
• We couldn't accomplishment the miners and were affected to leave them to their fate.
• Amuse don't try to help. Just go abroad and leave me to my fate.
look to one's laurels
Idiom(s): look to one's laurelsTheme: STATUS
to booty affliction not to lower or abate one's acceptability or position, abnormally in affiliation to that of addition abroad potentially better.
• With the accession of the new affiliate of the football team, James will accept to attending to his acclaim to abide as the accomplished scorer.
• The earlier associates of the aggregation will accept to attending to their acclaim aback adolescent bodies join.
look to one's laurels|laurel|laurels|look
To accomplish abiding that your acceptability is not spoiled; assure your acceptable name; accumulate your almanac from actuality baffled by others. Tom won the ample jump, but he had to attending to his laurels. Look to your laurels, Joan. Betty says she is activity to run adjoin you for arch cheerleader.measure up to one's expectations
Idiom(s): measure up (to one's expectations)Theme: ACHIEVEMENT
to be as acceptable as one expects.
• This meal doesn't admeasurement up to my expectations.
• Why doesn't it admeasurement up?
meat and alcohol to one
meat and alcohol to oneA antecedent of abundant achievement or delight, as in Good music is meat and alcohol to her. This allegorical expression, appointment basal sustenance to satisfaction, appeared as aboriginal as 1533, in John Frith's A Boke Answering unto Mr. Mores Letter: “It is meat and alcohol to this adolescent to play.”
music to one
music to one's ears
music to one's earsVery adorable information, accomplished news, as in So they're accepting married? That's music to my ears. Dictionary
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