To be sure I had my hard little journalistic misgivings that it was
not quite the thing for a State Senator to come round reading Tennyson at ten o'clock in the morning, and I dare say I felt myself superior in my point of view, though I could not resist the charm of the verse.
My Literary Passions
Do not tell his father, but that young man is
not quite the thing. He has been opening the doors very often this evening, and keeping them open very inconsiderately.
Emma
"I should ask you to come to us, you know, but my wife's
not quite the thing. But I tell you what; if you want to see them, they're sure now to be at the Zoological Gardens from four to five.
Anna Karenina
He sat, elegant and bulky, in the drawing-room, the head of his stick hovering in front of his big teeth, and talked for hours with a thick-lipped smile (he said nothing that could be considered objectionable and
not quite the thing) talked in an unusual manner--not obviously irritatingly.
Tales of Unrest
but
not quite the thing," I thought, as I surveyed the effect: "they want more force and spirit;" and I wrought the shades blacker, that the lights might flash more brilliantly--a happy touch or two secured success.
Jane Eyre
The play's
not quite the thing in this high-concept revival, and it sure isn't the acting.
Hawke doesn't soar in operatic 'Macbeth'
This is
not quite The Thing's polar opposite - Kalifornia director Dominic Sena manages to keep a chilly grip on the tension.
3 TO SEE; We love MOVIES
The young man wears a mask: "It's like the new edition of an old book that one has been fond of--revised and amended, brought up to date, but
not quite the thing one knew and loves." Like Haussmann's Paris, in other words.
Paris: Capital of the World
For example, the new slimline Carol Vorderman may look attractive, but a sexy tight frock and comehither smile is
not quite the thing for the daytime quizshow Countdown.
: Have You Got It?; Style. At the end of the day you've either got it or you ain't
But the badge-status big spenders - who can't bring themselves to accept, arrogantly, that there are viable alternatives beyond the traditional 4x4 grand British marque would argue - "the Amazon is
not quite the thing, old boy."
Motors: Amazon grace; BUT SAND-HOPPING TOYOTA IS ALSO A MIGHTY MOTOR
But, if truckstop disco design is
not quite the thing for a city with Coventry's past and hopefully future, what might be better?
LETTERS: YOUR VIEWS