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Meaning of one-track mind | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

That said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Tunnelblick
Suomi putkiaivo
Italiano assillo chiodo fisso fissazione mania pallino fisso smania
Svenska tunnelseende

Examples

“He has a one-track mind⟳. All he ever talks about is trains and railroads.”
“You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind⟳”
“I have⟳ a one-track mind⟳, I have⟳ a one track-mind / There is a method to the madness, to the madness / Gotta have⟳ a one-track mind⟳”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

one-trick one-trick pony one-trick-ponyism one-two one-two punch one-two-three

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