if only

Meaning

1. Oxford90% of films

   used to say that you wish sth was true or that sth had happened

In the movies · 3

• I could lead if only...Aladdin2019
• I could achieve all this, all this and more for this town, if only...Living2022
• If only.X-Men: First Class2011
• If only you knew.This Is England2007
• If only I could see.The Hustle2019
• If only for Robert.The Theory of Everything2014
• If only I...The Smurfs2011
• If only Mr. Willoughby...Sense and Sensibility1995

Learn it in full scenes

• Aladdin2019
  • The Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
  • Aladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
  • Aladdin Shares His Rooftop Home
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• if and when
• if anything
• if I were you
• if not
• it's not as if
• only if

More idioms

• in the nick of time
• keep a close eye on
• make ends meet
• nine to five
• turn over a new leaf
• how about
• feel sick to your stomach
• run in the family
• get straight
• in place
• in vain
• in public