one thing

It's one thing to tease your sister, but it's another to hit her.

逗你妹妹玩是一回事，但打她那就另当别论了。

One thing I am sure of was that she was scared.

有一点我能肯定，那就是她当时被吓到了。

He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another.

他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。

One thing is certain, both have the utmost respect for each other.

有一点可以肯定，那就是双方都非常尊重对方。

One thing is for sure ─ it's not going to be easy.

有一点可以肯定——事情不会很容易。

He offered me a ride home one night, and, well, one thing led to another and now we're married!

一天晚上他让我搭车回家，唔，就这样自然发展，我们现在结婚了！

Talking is one thing, doing is another.

说是一回事, 做又是一回事.

That's the one thing that keeps worrying me.

只有 这件事丢不开.

There is always one thing to conquer [ overcome ] another .

一物降一 物.

Borrowing $100,000 is one thing. Owing $425,000 is another!

借10万美元事儿小，欠42.5万美元这事可就大了。

He came by on Saturday to see if she was lonely. One thing led to another and he stayed the night.

他星期六过来看看她是不是感到孤独。自然而然地，他就留下来过夜了。

It all boils down to one thing — human nature.

所有这些都可归结为一点——人的天性.

Heaven will take you back and look at you and say, "Only one thing can make a soul complete—and that thing is love."

上天会把你带走，看着你，对你说，只有一件事可以让灵魂完整，那就是爱。

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.--Paulo Coelho

世界上只有一样东西可以阻止梦想实现，那就是害怕失败。

Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private.

纽曼阴险得很，明里一套，暗里一套。

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

如果你能够改变自己的某个方面，那会是哪个方面呢？

You can attack this problem from many angles, but let's take one thing at a time

这个问题可以从多个角度解决，不过，还是让我们逐个分析吧。

What they want boils down to just one thing. It is land.

他们说穿了就是想要一样东西，那就是土地。

There's only one thing we can do.

我们能做的只有一件事。

public enemy number one (= the person or thing that is most frightening or that is most hated)

头号公敌（最可怕或最可恶的人或事物）

He says one thing one moment and another thing the next.

他一会儿这么说,一会儿那么说.

an unfavourable comparison (= one that makes one thing seem much worse than another)

使相形见绌的比较

I completely forgot her birthday, what with one thing and another.

因为忙得不可开交，我把她的生日忘得一干二净。

Everybody came in with their Christmas order for beer and spirits and port and one thing and another.

每位来客都要为圣诞节订购啤酒、烈酒、波尔图葡萄酒等这样那样的酒。

It's hypocritical to say one thing and do another.

言行不符就是伪善.

The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing

他唯一缺的就是个儿子，我想他觉得有个外孙也不错。

Romance is one thing, marriage is quite another.

爱情是一回事，婚姻却是另一回事。

The one thing I look forward to is going punting in Cambridge.

我期盼的一件事就是在剑桥乘坐平底船畅游。

One thing I am sure of was that she was scared

有一点我能肯定，那就是她当时被吓到了。

Being responsible for one's own health is one thing, but being responsible for another person's health is quite a different matter

对自己的健康负责是一回事，对他人的健康负责就完全是另一回事了。