a one-track mind

a one-track mind
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Roger was a great reader too, but he only read what immediately concerned his job; he had a one-track mind... (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Hour before the Dawn’, ch. I) — Роджер много читал, но только то, что непосредственно касалось его работы. Все его интересы были устремлены в одном направлении.

‘Jack and me wanta get married, Ma.’ ‘You got a one-track mind, Shirl,’ Violet said wearily. ‘You're too young.’ (D. Hewett, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. 1) — - Мама, мы с Джеком решили пожениться. - Ну, заладила одно и то же, - устало сказала Вайолет. - Ты еще слишком молода, Шерл.

‘You and your one-track mind!’ Yates smiled. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book V, ch. 3) — - У вас только одно на уме, - улыбнулся Иейтс.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • one-track mind — n have a one track mind to be continuously thinking about one particular thing, especially sex …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • one-track mind — noun count someone who has a one track mind thinks about one particular thing all the time a. used about someone who thinks about sex a lot …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • one-track mind — ► NOUN informal ▪ a mind preoccupied with one subject, especially sex …   English terms dictionary

  • one-track mind — index compulsion (obsession) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • one-track mind — [n] obsession attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, hang up*, infatuation, passion, preoccupation, tunnel vision; concepts 20,410,529,689,690 …   New thesaurus

  • one-track mind — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms one track mind : singular one track mind plural one track minds a) someone who has a one track mind thinks about one particular thing all the time b) used about someone who thinks about sex a lot …   English dictionary

  • one-track mind — n. a (person’s) mind obsessed with only one thing. □ When it omes to food, Tom has a one track mind. □ Mary has a one track mind. All she thinks about is Tom …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • one-track mind —    If you have a one track mind, you have a tendency to think about only one subject.     The boy has a one track mind; all he thinks about is football! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • one track mind —    If you have a one track mind, you have a tendency to think about only one subject.     The boy has a one track mind; all he thinks about is football! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • one-track mind — noun have a one track mind to be continuously thinking about one particular thing: All you ever talk about is sex! You ve got a one track mind …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English


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