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Idiom

two-hit wonder

Meaning

A recording artist known for only two hit songs.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That band is just a two-hit wonder.”

“Critics dismissed the group as a two-hit wonder after their third album failed to reach the charts.”

“Despite their early success, the duo remained a two-hit wonder, unable to replicate the magic of their initial chart-topping singles.”

Examples

simple

“That band is just a two-hit wonder.”

contextual

“Critics dismissed the group as a two-hit wonder after their third album failed to reach the charts.”

complex

“Despite their early success, the duo remained a two-hit wonder, unable to replicate the magic of their initial chart-topping singles.”

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