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Idioms and Phrases
That's a joke at my expense, as in And after all that discussion they didn't show up—that's one on me . This phrase must be distinguished from that's a new one on me , which means “this is the first time I've heard of or seen that” (as in A checkerboard rug—that's a new one on me ). Both idioms can be used with other personal pronouns (for example, that's one on you ) and date from the early 1900s.Discover More
Example Sentences
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I guess I'll own up that's one on me.
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“Now, that’s one on me, Scotty—” “Oh, it was a bluff, and Fisty didn’t have the nerve to call it.”
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That's one on me, all right, and you're welcome to laugh, but little Hal Harrison has learned his lesson.
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"That's one on me," admitted the lieutenant, sheepishly.
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"That's one on me," chuckled Davidson.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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