one for the books

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one for the (record) books

a record-breaking or very remarkable act. What a dive! That's one for the record books. I've never heard such a funny joke. That's really one for the books.

See also: book, one

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Question number one for the books Can you really trace cell phone numbers free Answer In a perfect world, yes Question number one for the books: Can you really trace cell phone numbers free? Can You Really Do a Free Cell Phone Numbers Trace? by David Shell / Law community In a mock ceremony that drew both laughter and tears, One for the Books - the last secular, locally-owned bookstore in the Santa Clarita Valley - began its closing-down sale Monday with a tongue-in-cheek funeral sermon. REQUIEM FOR A DYING BREED; MOCK FUNERAL MARKS FINAL DAYS OF STORE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ``Historically, in towns such as ours, a lot of the heart and soul is the fact that the small retailers were people who were your neighbors,'' said Ben Boydston, artistic director of the Canyon Theatre Guild and a longtime customer of One for the Books. EDITORIAL : FOND FAREWELL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			On your bike! on your mark, get set, go once Once a priest, always a priest once again once and for all Once bitten, twice shy once in a blue moon once in a lifetime once in a while once more once upon a time once-in-a-lifetime chance once-over once-over-lightly one one after the other one and the same one brick shy of a load one by one One cannot be in two places at once One cannot love and be wise one day one eye on one final word one for the books one for the road One good turn deserves another One hand for oneself and one for the ship One has to draw the line somewhere one in a thousand one jump ahead one law for the rich and another for the poor one little bit One man's loss is another man's gain One man's meat is another man's poison One man's trash is another man's treasure One moment, please one of a kind one of the boys one of the lads one of these days One of these days is none of these days one of those days one sandwich short of a picnic one step ahead One step forward, two steps back One swallow does not make a summer one swallow doesn't make a summer one that got away one thing after another			One Factor APT One Factor Arbitrage Pricing Theory One Fails All Fail One False Move One Feature Missing One fifth One fifth one final thing one final word One Fine Day One Finger Discount One Finger Salute One Firmware for All One Fitness Sdn. Bhd One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Floor from Heaven One Fodder Unit One Foot in the Grave One for all and all for one one for the book one for the books One for the Road One for the Road One Form of Entry One from Every Country One from the Vault One Function Diagram one gene One Gene One Disorder one gene-one polypeptide chain hypothesis one gene-one polypeptide chain hypothesis one gene-one polypeptide chain hypothesis one gene-one polypeptide chain hypothesis One Giant Leap Foundation One Giant Media One God One God One good turn deserves another One good turn deserves another One google One google One Great Day of Service One Great Hour of Sharing One Group Before After One guard One Guy from Barlick One half One half One half One half One half

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