- thing⇄expr. (the) first thing, at the earliest possible moment.
Ex. He is going first thing in the morning. - thing⇄expr. a thing or two, (Informal.)
a. things that one should know or find out about; wisdom; experience; knowledge.
Ex. Does anyone ... feel inclined to tell me that those old palm-oil chiefs have not learnt a thing or two during their lives? - thing⇄expr. do one's (own) thing, (Informal.) to do what one likes best or does best.
Ex. Living on what they could scrounge from family ... they spent their aimless days ""doing their thing,"" which chiefly involved introspection aided by drugs, meditat - thing⇄expr. for one thing, as one point to be noted; in the first place.
Ex. For one thing, no one in these hospitals ever seems to do anything (New Yorker). - thing⇄expr. have a thing about, (Informal.) to have a phobia or obsession about.
Ex. They have a thing about opening letters, and never do (Punch). - thing⇄expr. make a good thing of, (Informal.) to profit from.
Ex. These dealers in ragged merchandise make a good thing of it (St. Paul's Magazine). - thing⇄expr. of all things, (Informal.) what is least expected; very surprising.
Ex. For Christmas my brother gave me, of all things, a cowboy hat. - thing⇄expr. see things, to have hallucinations.
Ex. Under the influence of the drug he began to see things. - thing⇄expr. the thing,
a. the fashion or style.
Ex. The silk is at once rich, tasty, and quite the thing (Oliver Goldsmith).
b. the important fact or idea.
Ex. The thing about Michelangelo is this: he is not ... at the head of a class - thing⇄expr. things,
a. personal belongings; possessions.
Ex. She packed up all her things and left him.
b. clothes.
Ex. I know every part of their dress, and can name all their things by their names (Sir Richard Steele).
c. out - thing⇄thing (1), noun.
1. any object or substance; what you see or hear or touch or taste or smell.
Ex. All the things in the house were burned. Put these things away. Food is a nourishing thing. Some drugs are dangerous things.
2. whatever i - thing⇄thing (2), noun.
(in Scandinavian countries) a legislative assembly, court of law, or other public meeting (used especially as the last element of a name).
Ex. Storthing, Landsthing.
Also, ting.