the only thing is

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used before mentioning a worry or problem you have with sth

   The only thing is, I'm staying at the Athletic Club and it's strictly stag, so...

   The only thing is, you'll be awfully lonely, darling, at the start.

In the movies · 5

• The only thing is, Len, he'd have to be as smart as me.Mighty Aphrodite1995
• The only thing is, you'll be awfully lonely, darling, at the start.The Letter1940
• The only thing is, I'm staying at the Athletic Club and it's strictly stag, so...The Apartment1960
• l like that plan. The only thing is...Treasure Planet2002
• The only thing faster is lightning.The Expendables2010
• The only thing missing is your entry plan.Triple Frontier2019
• It's the only thing.Trainwreck2015
• But the only thing...5 to 72014

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight
• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond
• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre

From the same entry

• in name only
• one and only
• not only…
• only just
• only too
• you're only young once
• only have eyes for eyes only for
• if only

More idioms

• even now
• get off back
• be even
• as it turned out
• made for other
• in future
• what is doing
• if you like
• be all the same to
• break the ice
• it's not my problem
• play safe