once in a while

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   occasionally

   Well, I see her around once in a while. Hi, Ma.

In the movies · 44

• Well, I see her around once in a while. Hi, Ma.Lolita1962
• I may smack you around every once in a while, but I'm still your brother.Do the Right Thing1989
• Every once in a while, I'd have to take a beating. But by then, I didn't care.GoodFellas1990
• Now, once in a while...The Great Gatsby2013
• * Every once in a whileCheaper by the Dozen2003
• But every once in a while...Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• ...once in a while, would it?Wedding Crashers2005
• ...casually interact with them once in a while...Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Lolita1962
  • Humbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
  • Humbert Kills Quilty
  • Charlotte Shows Humbert the House
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded
• GoodFellas1990
  • Henry Wants to Be a Gangster
  • Young Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited
  • Paulie's Protection Racket

From the same entry

• all at once
• at once
• for once
• going once, going twice, sold
• once again
• once a…, always a
• once and for all
• once bitten, twice shy
• once in a blue moon
• once or twice
• once too often
• once upon a time

More idioms

• take care of
• all the time
• have a problem with
• be going to do
• what do you say
• as long as
• if it wasn't for
• wait a minute
• in front of
• too late
• after all
• all the way