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Bookmark or Share- What is a word to describe something that belongs exclusively to or is ...The question asked for ' a word (or idiom or phrase) that describes something which is perceived as belonging to one person or group of people only'. Which 'peculiar to' fits. if there is some other aspect to my answer that is incorrect in some way, it will be easier for me to correct if you let me know what it is.
- Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat."An earlier appearance is in ’Way down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life by Seba Smith of about 1854: “This is a money digging world of ours; and, as it is said, ‘there are more ways than one to skin a cat,’ so are there more ways than one of digging for money”.
- Is there a word to describe the state of being the only one of ...You say that the characterization is that this is the "particular cell that the device has judged to be the only one there". But later you seem to say that it is not the only one there. You say then that it is the only one in the sample that is of a particular type. It apparently has some property or passes some test, and that is what qualifies it.
- phrase meaning - Does "one of the only" actually mean anything ..."A, B and C are the only people to do this" - again, that's clear, there are only 3. "A is one of only 10 people to do this" - clear. There are 10 in the set, and A is one of them. "He is one of the only people to do this" - doesn't seem to say anything at all. He's not the only one, but there is no clue whether 3 people have done it or 3 million.
- Only one of those - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange'He is one of those men who are always on time' means he's in the set of excellent male timekeepers. (1) 'He is the only one of those men / them who is always on time.' is fine and obvious in meaning. But (2) 'He is the only one of those men / them who are always on time.' is very awkward and probably ungrammatical, and can't mean the same as (1).
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