one-upmanship
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Пример использования идиомы one-upmanship:
Arnold's one-upmanship and his wish to be better than his colleagues sometimes annoys me.
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Другие идиомы:
- one's lucky number comes up
- one thing leads to another
- for one thing
- one's tail between one's legs
- one up on (someone)
- as busy as a one-armed paperhanger
- do (someone) one better
- on the one hand
- on one's own
- out of one's league
- one good turn deserves another
- million and one
- one little bit
- on one's coat-tails
- six of one and half a dozen of the other