one-horse race | Idiomator

Meaning: (horse racing,informal)A horse race in which a single horse takes such aconsiderableleadthat the other horses are no longercontendersto win.1927June 13, “Sport: Again, McAtee”, inTime, retrieved26 July 2014:Since riding Harry Payne Whitney's Whiskery to victory in the Kentucky Derby, Jockey Linus ("Pony") McAtee has twice broken into the news in unconventional fashion. A fortnight ago, he won aone-horse race("walkover") at Belmont Park, N. Y.2006April 16, Bill Finley, “Sinister Minister Joins Baffert's Derby Stable”, inNew York Times, retrieved26 July 2014:Sinister Minister . . . kept extending his lead and turned the stretch run into aone-horse race.; (idiomatic,by extension)Anelectioncampaignor othercompetitivesituation in which only onecompetitoris entered or in which only one competitor has arealisticchance of winning.1995January 19, Andrew Marshall, “Balladur takes first step to presidency”, inThe Independent, UK, retrieved26 July 2014:Although Mr Balladur is far ahead in the opinion polls, the spring election is far from being aone-horse race.1998April 5, Robert D. Hof, “Commentary: JAVA can be a contender—If Sun lets it”, inBusinessweek, retrieved26 July 2014:A system for creating software that runs, unaltered, on all sorts of computers and devices . . . could transform the software business in the network era from aone-horse raceled by Microsoft to a true contest.2011March 13,Shehan Karunatilaka, “How cricket saved Sri Lanka”, inThe Guardian, UK, retrieved26 July 2014:The dominance of the men in yellow over the past decade turned international cricket into aone-horse race.

Examples:

EN: That makes it a one-horse race.
ES: Ahora es una carrera de un solo caballo.
ID: Mereka membuat peserta lomba tinggal satu orang.
EN: Real cantaloupe. Couldn't pick a winner in a one-horse race.
ES: No podía ganar ni una carrera de un solo caballo.
EN: On paper, this looks like a bit of a one-horse race, because the Veyron is a full second quicker than this car to 60.2.5 seconds, 3.5 seconds.
ES: Sobre el papel, esto va a ser una carrera con un ganador claro puesto que el Veyron es un segundo más rápido que éste coche en el 0-100. 2,5 segundos, 3,5 segundos.
EN: That guy couldn't pick a winner in a one-horse race.
ES: Ese tío no podría elegir un ganador en una carrera de un solo caballo.
EN: Parliamentary elections: A one-horse race
HI: देश देशांतर: एक देश-एक चुनाव
EN: "And it's Relaxation in the lead, Productivity is struggling, it's a one-horse race!"
HI: "व्यस्त होना एक बात है लेकिन उत्पादकता ही असली रत्न है❗"
EN: It is a one-horse race!
ID: Ini adalah pacuan kuda.
EN: Is there any danger of it being a one-horse race in Glasgow?
TE: ఈ ఒక్క సీన్ జరిగితే GHMC లో కేసిఆర్ అట్టర్ ప్లాప్ గ్యారెంటీ ?

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