ONCE TOO OFTEN

Meaning of ONCE TOO OFTEN in English

used to say that sb has done sth wrong or stupid again, and this time they will suffer because of it :

You've tried that trick once too often.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ONCE TOO OFTEN — слишком часто
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ONCE TOO OFTEN — слишком часто
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ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, anes, from gen. of on, an one — more at one 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFTEN — I. ˈȯfən, -ftən adverb ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of oft : on many occasions : in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOO — (|)tü adverb Etymology: Middle English to, too, from Old English tō to, too — more at to 1. : in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOO — (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too …
Английский словарь Webster
TOO — ( adv. ) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOO — /tooh/ , adv. 1. in addition; also; furthermore; moreover: young, clever, and rich too. 2. to an excessive extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — /wuns/ , adv. 1. at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFTEN — — oftenness , n. /aw"feuhn, of"euhn; awf"teuhn, of"-/ , adv. 1. many times; frequently: He visits his parents as often …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, from genitive of on one Date: 12th century 1. : one time and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOO — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to Date: before 12th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOO — adv likewise; also; in addition. 2. too ·adv over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too …
Webster English vocab
ONCE — adv at some one period of time; used indefinitely. 2. once ·adv by limitation to the number one; for …
Webster English vocab
OFTEN — adj frequent; common; repeated. 2. often ·adv frequently; many times; not seldom.
Webster English vocab
ONCE — [once] adv [ME ones, fr. gen. of on one] (12c) 1: one time and no more 2: at any one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFTEN — often BrE AmE ˈɒf ə n ˈɒft ə n, ˈɔːf ə n, ˈɔːft ə n AmE ˈɔːf ə n ˈɑːf-; …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOO — / tuː; NAmE / adverb 1. used before adjectives and adverbs to say that sth is more than is good, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — / wʌns; NAmE / adverb , conjunction ■ adverb 1. on one occasion only; one time : I've only been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFTEN — / ˈɒfn; ˈɒftən; NAmE ˈɔːfn; ˈɔːftən; ˈɑːf-/ adverb 1. many times SYN frequently : We often go there. I've often …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOO — too S1 W1 /tuː/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: to 'to, too' ] 1 . [+ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONCE — I. once 1 S1 W1 /wʌns/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: one ] 1 . on one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFTEN — of ‧ ten S1 W1 /ˈɒf ə n, ˈɒft ə n $ ˈɒːf-/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFTEN — adv. (oftener, oftenest) 1 a frequently; many times. b at short intervals. 2 in many instances. øas often as not …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFTEN — adv. (oftener, oftenest) 1 a frequently; many times. b at short intervals. 2 in many instances. as often as not …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOO — adv.1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful for …
Oxford English vocab
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1. on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Oxford English vocab
OFTEN — adv. (oftener, oftenest) 1. a frequently; many times. b at short intervals. 2 in many instances. Phrases and idioms: as …
Oxford English vocab
TOO — I. ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING /tu:/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens once , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFTEN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Often' is usually used before the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens ~, it happens …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONCE — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES once again/yet again (= used to emphasize that something has happened several or many …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFTEN — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB call ▪ Lawyers, on the other hand, often call for changing even settled practice …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOO — (MORE) [adverb] [not gradable] - more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enoughYou're too fat.I can't …
Cambridge English vocab
ONCE — (ONE TIME) [adverb] [not gradable] - one single timeI went to France once, but I didn't like it very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
OFTEN — [adverb] - frequently; many timesI often wonder what he's really thinking.How often do you wash your hair?I don't often drink …
Cambridge English vocab
TOO — Synonyms and related words : above, additionally, again, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — Synonyms and related words : alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFTEN — Synonyms and related words : again and again, commonly, continually, day after day, day by day, frequently, habitually, in many …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — See: AT ONCE, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
Slang English vocab
OFTEN — See: EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY SO OFTEN, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
Slang English vocab
ONCE — adv. at once once and again once more
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFTEN — adv. Often is used with these adjectives: ↑ fatal , ↑ impractical Often is used with these verbs: ↑ appear …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOO — See ↑ AND/ALSO 1, ↑ TOO/TOO MUCH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ about time too • ↑ be too big/small • …
Longman Activator English vocab
ONCE — INDEX: 1. on one occasion in the past RELATED WORDS at once : ↑ IMMEDIATELY at once, at the same …
Longman Activator English vocab
OFTEN — INDEX: 1. when something happens many times 2. too often, in a way that is annoying 3. ways of saying …
Longman Activator English vocab
OFTEN — See ↑ OFTEN 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ every so often • ↑ how often • ↑ not often • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOO — adv. 25B6; adverb invasion would be too risky : EXCESSIVELY, overly, over, unduly, immoderately, inordinately, unreasonably, extremely, very; informal too-too. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — adv. 25B6; adverb I only met him once : ON ONE OCCASION, one time, one single time. he did not …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — adv. 1 once upon a time, formerly, (at) one time, on a former occasion, previously, before, in days gone by, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFTEN — adv. frequently, regularly, much, many times, usually, habitually, commonly; ordinarily, again and again, over and over again, time after time, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFTEN — See: EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY SO OFTEN, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
Словарь английских идиом
TOO — adverb 1 BAD : I was too happy when I received your letter today. GOOD : I was very happy …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONCE — I conjunction BAD : Once it will stop raining, we can go out. GOOD : Once it stops raining, we …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OFTEN — adverb BAD : Often people stop smoking when they are ill. GOOD : People often stop smoking when they are …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOO — нареч. 1) излишне, слишком, чересчур 2) весьма, очень, сильно Syn : very, much 3) также, тоже; к тому же 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFTEN — нареч. часто, много раз often and often ≈ весьма часто as often as ≈ каждый раз, как только more often …
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